The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 10, 1914, Image 7
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SHOT THREE WOMEN
EATTLK BETWEEN VISTUIaA AND
"WARTA RIVERS CONTINUE. ’
WORTH CAROLINIAN IN JAIL FOR
TRIPLE MURDER#
GERMANS BEGIN ATTACKS
Approach Within Firing
Difttaare of Cracow, But Battle in
Center Maintains Front Rank of
Importance—RennenkampfT Siam*
ed for German Army’s Escape. ,
In Poland, where all eyes are fixed,
the Germans, after extricating them
selves from a difficult and menacing
position, are directing their 1 efforts
against the Russian army, which
failed a few days ago to encompass
the invaders.
London reports: “It is apparent
that a new battle has developed
southwest of Lodz, where the Ger
mans have formed a new line with
fresh forces brought from Kalisc, and
are again trying to penetrate the Rus
sian center. ^
Petrograd reports officially:
“Fighting continues in certain dis
tricts along the front in the region of
Lowicz. Important forces of the en
emy, chiefly troops transported in No
vember from the German west front,
opened an offensive on December 2 in
the regfion of Lioutomersk and Sezer-
zow.
“On the rest of the front on the
left bank of the Vistula there is no
particular modification in the situa
tion.’’
Berlin reports officially: “Although
no news is being received concerning
operations about Ixjwicz. Russian Po
land. it is assumed German attempts
to flank the Russian right wing are
continuing. The great value of such
a move would consist in forcing the
Russians southward away from the
route toward Warsaw and into the
rear of the Russian main army. Much
depends on the progress made by the
Germans and Austrians on the front
and on the enemy's left. So far they
have maintained their positions and
repulsed ail attacks, but whether they
have advanced is not known. The
Russian loss the last few days of
100,000 captives and many guns is
considered by local critics as bound
to weaken them seriously.”
l/oatfen reports: f "Advices from
both Merlin and Petrograd indicated
that the Germans had definitely suc
ceeded in throwing back the envelop
ing Russian forces and were main
taining stolidly their position west of
Lowicz. Furthermore, it is said that
the Germans are again undertaking
an energetic offensive.
"The completeness of change in the
situation, ascribed variously to the
failure of the Russian general, Ren-
nenkampff. to clbse up the ring about
the Germans and to the. brilliant
strategy of the German leaders, is in
dicated by a report telegraphed from
Petrograd by an English correspond
ent who previously had announced
that the Russians had won an over
whelming victory. He now states
that the Germans are holding their
positions, and that the situation ‘re
mains extremely interesting and haz
ardous.’
“A German military critic esti
mates that the Russfan losses in kill
ed. wounded, prisoners and death
from sickness amount to fully 1,100,-
000, or oue-tbird of the nation's best
troops.
“In Galicia the situation is still
confused. Recent reports from Pet
rograd that the Russians had invest
ed Cracow on three sides are now
contradicted by an unofficial dispatch,
which says that the invaders are eight
miles from the city. The Archbishop
of Przemysl, the Galician stronghold,
w'hich has been under siege for sev
eral weeks, is quoted as saying that
the situation there is desperate and
that the surrender of the city im
pends.
Petrograd reports: “Beyond the
Carpathians ou troops have taken
Bartfleld, capturing eight officers, 1,-
200 men and six machine guns.”
Vienna officials reports via Berlin a
repulse to the besieflers of Prsemysl,
Galicia. The garrison made a sortie
against the Russians and drove them
back from the outer fortifications.
London reports that the Russians
have approached within firing dis
tance of Cracow, their advance from
Przemysl having proceeded without
any real contest. 1 They are reported
to be mounting the heavy batteries
around the town of Wieliczka, which
they occupied, from the outer forts
of which Cracow can be reached.
London reports: “For a moment,
the Allies are somewhat disappointed
that the realization of a great Rus
sian victory is denied them. They
take some consolation in that the Ger
man attempt to pierce the Russian
lines has failed, arid suffering from
heavy losses, the Germans are com
pelled to weaken their armies else
where!
“The Germans assert that in the
Polish manoeuvres they made 80,000
prisoners. The Russians, in a state
ment issued through Rome, say their
captures greatly exceed this number.
All agree that losses have beeti heavy
and that the battle still is undecisive,
as it probably will be for some days.”
Berlin reports: “The, report cir
culated in the foreign press that the
23,000 prisonei * taken by^us at Kut-
nt are included Jn the forty thousand
Russian prisoners reported by us pre
viously, is tuntrue. '
“In the battles at Wialook and
Lod? the eastern army has takep be
tween the 11th of November afid the
1st of December over 80,000 un-
wo unded Russian prisoners.”
HUT ME SMS's
After Killing His Victims Murderer
Builds Fire wad Plays Banjo Until
• His Arreet.
.It develops that young Lowe Dan
iels, in jail at Aaheboro, N. C., charg
ed wltfar a triple murder, had warned
Edgar Varner, Lora Luther and
“Coon” Daniels, his alleged victims
of Saturday night, to stay away from
his home, charging that the women
were “eating up everything he made”
and thinking Varner’s visit unwar
ranted. ‘ ’
Lowe,.Daniels is a son of William
Daniels of Davidson county. Young
Daniels was born and reared in
Davidson under rather adverse in
fluences. The family were blockaders
and young Lowe developed, it is said,
into an all round tough. A few years
ago he married a young womah nam
ed Luther, a daughter of Ransom
Luther, who lived in the southwestern
part of Randolph county in which is
known as the Pisgah section.
Young Daniels made his home
about one mile east of the little negro
town of Striby and his sister, “Coon”
Daniels, made her home with him a
part of the time and his wife's sister,
Lora Luther, stayed wRh them part
of the time. It develops that young
Edgar Varner, one of the victims, was
a not infrequent visitor at the Daniels
home, too. .‘v
It seems that Daniels left home
Thursday at noon for a visit to his
old home in Davidson. He returned
Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock, put
up his mule, fed and watered him
and came in the house and had sup
per. While they all sat around the
fire with apparently nothing wrong
until about 7,o’clock.
He got up and got his gun and
without any preliminaries shot young
Varner in the right side of the face,
killing him instantly. He then turn
ed and shot his wife, the shot passing
near her chin, cutting into it some
and lodging in her shoulder, tearing
most of the upper part of her should
er away. A few shots also lodged In
her breast.
Immediately after Mrs. Dahiels was
shot her sister, Miss Lora Luther,
ran to her assistance and Daniels
turned his gun on her. shooting her
in the side of the head anfl killing
her Instantly. The shot cut off one
finger and knocked many of her teeth
out. They wer found later scattered
over the floor. At this juncture his
sister, “Coon” Daniels, who was in
rear room, came running in and was
met by a load of shot in the head, dy
ing instantly.
Daniels, as told, by his wife at the
preliminary hearing, built on a good
fire, with pine knots, got out bis
banjo and proceeded to entertain
himself musically. He occasionally
addressed a remark to bis wife who
lay withering in her own blood and
the blood of the other three which
literally ran In streams over the floor
form asked that Vienna extend the
period of delay allowed Bdryla for her
■wer. Then Austria, fearfal that
■he would be left without n pretext
of war, declined or avoided the re-
GOVERNMENT EXPLAINS CAUSES *. or “ e * t *°f <on ** d
insufficient the Servian answer, which
I was given to her'ln good time and
' whicha dmitted and accepted her
1 principal demands.
Austria thereupon ordered her
OP PRESENT WAR.
ISSUE YELLOW PAPEK
French Government Blames Austria
and\|3ermaaj—Says Dual Mon
archy is Primarily Responsible and
Germany is Secondary Cause of the
War.
minister at Belgrade to leave the Ser
vian capital (Jnly 26) and diplomatic
relations with Servia were severed.
“With this development the situa
tion became considerably aggravated
Scorns Governor’s
~WTTT M?her, ihe Indian who was
paroled upon condition that he leave
the State, refuses to accept the pa
role and remains in the Lexington
jail- He wants to bo n free man
SUBMARINES SINK TWO.
German Underwater Dogs Travel Fur
ther Than Ever Before.
It was reported in London Satur
day that two British steamers .were
sunk off Havre yesterday by German
submarines. The steamers were the
Malachite and the . Primo. Their
crews were rescued. Those from the
Malachite were landed at Southamp-
tonand those from the Prlma at Fe
camp, France, on the English chan
nel.
Lloyds report indicates that Ger
man’s submarines have made one of
their most daring feats. This is the
first occasion when their activities
have been reported in these w'a.ers
Apparently they made their way
through the Straits of Dover to a
point more than one hundred and
fifty miles from their nearest ba^e
The Malachite was a small steamer of
718 tons gross. She was built in
Glasgow in 1902. The gross tonnage
of the Primo was 1,366. She was
laid down in Stockton in 1898.
•JIM CROW” LAW INVALID.
Supreme Court Makes Decision Upon
Case from Oklahoma.
The supreme court Monday an
nounced through Justice Holmes that
the "Jim Crow” law of Oklahoma was
invalid insofar as it allowed the fur
nishing of sleeping, parlor and chair
cars only to white persons, but failed
to so decree because the suit to en
join the enforcement of the statute
by five negroes had been too general
in setting up the rights of the ne
groes.
Chief Justice White and Justices
Holmes, Lamar uid McReynolds join
ed the other justices in affirming the
decision of the lower court but did
not concur with the holding on con
stitutionality as it referri to railroad
cars. Although a majority of the
court expressed the opinion that the
law was invalid, t,h*t was not decreed
because of the error in the previous
proceedings.
KINGS AT THE FRONT.
Head of All Belligerents Visit Armies
in the Field.
The battle In Northern Poland Is
being fought out under the eyes of
the German emperor, on the one side,
and the Russian emperor, on the
other. These two monarch* left for
The front Tuesday." so that virtually
the heads of all‘the nations at war
The French ministry of foreign af
fairs Monday made public a Yellow.
Book bearing on the causes of the
present war. - This French volume is
much m<-re Complete than the publi
cations of like nature thus far given
out by the governments of the other
warring nations.
The French report has 2f6 pages
and comprises no fewer than 160 doc
uments. K is devoted primarily to a
recital of the negotiations which fol
lowed the delivery of the Austrian
note Jo Servia (July 23, 1914) and
which preceded Germany’s declara
tion of war on Russia (August 1,
i914) and on France (August 3,
1914). It is brought to a close by
the reproduction of the declaration
of the Triple Entente powers that
Great Britain, Russia and France
would not conclude peace separately.
The French diplomatic documents
in this book are divided in chapters
in order to distinguish the prelimi
naries from the principal phases of
the European crisis. The first chap
ter is entitled "Preface” (1913) and
is devoted to the remoter and the
deeper causes of the present conflict.
An extract of the Yellow Book given
out officially in Paris reads as fol-
lows^.
The First Kigns.
It was first in the spring of 1913
that we noted this colossal and expen
sive military effort which alone can
explain the desire to impose the Ger
manic superiority and hegemony up
on the powers of the Triple Entente
When France responded to this
menace by the drafting of the law of
three years' service in the army, this
measure of defense was denounced in
official circles in Berlin as a ’provo
cation which should not be tolerated.
"In April of 1913 a secret and of
ficial German report defined ’the ob
jective and the means of the national
policy as follows: Convince the peo
ple of the necessity of an offensive
war against France: prepare upris
ings in Russia and in north Africa;
provide for, in case of hostilities, the
immediate absorption of Belgium and
Holland.
“These are the Ideas extolled in
this report; such is the progrom that
shortly after we saw the Germans en
deavor to put into operation.
, Real War Ix>rti.
“We declare that Emperor Wil
liam, who up to that time bad posed
as a champion of peace, admitted in
the course of a conversation with the
king of Belgium that he finally had
come to share the ideas of his mili
tary advisers. He had place! himself
among the partisans of a war which
be thought would not be long delay
ed and the overpowering success of
which seemed to him certain. Pub
lic opinion, in its turn, permitted It
self to be won over by the passions
of the military party and to come to
consider the affair of Agadir as a de
feat for Germany. It regarded the
existence of a strong France as a
danger to Germany and the breaking
out of a European war as the only
remedy for all difficulties and all un
certainties.
"These bellicose dispositions con
stituted a permanent danger for the
peace of Europe.
“From a perusal of the other chap
ters of tbe Yellow Book which are
devoted to the diplomatic negotin
tions carried .on in the month of July
there is to be deducted, and support
ed by evidence, the following impres-
-sions;
Planned for War.
“That the combination between
Austria and Germany had decided
upon war, and that on four successive
occasions by combination endeavored
to precipitate war by violent proceed
ings, the purpose of which was to
prevent or to insure the failure of all
efforts at conciliation. The first of
these proceedings was the Austrian
ultimatum to Servia (July 24), which
was the origin of this conflict. In
spite of the fact that the Belgrade
government offered, for the prosecu
tion of the assassins of the Austrian
archduke, every facility compatible
with its dignity, the cabinet'of Vienna
summoned the government at Bel
grade not only to disavow all com
plicity with the crime of Sarajevo,
but furthermore to permit foreign
functionaries to seek the authors of
this crime on Servian territory.
“Vienna gave Servia only two days
to accept integrally these draconT..n
conditions. In spite of the fact that
M. Von Jagow, the German minister
of foreign affairs, claimed to be in
Ignorance of the contents of this note
'(which was nevertheless known to
the president of the-wavarlan Coun
cil), Germany immediately and with
out restriction united herself with her
ally. The German ambassador came
to the Quay ’Orsay (the French for
eign office in Paris) and declared that
the conflict should remain localized
and that any intervention on the part
of a third power would result In In
calculable consequences. This was
tantamount to letting it be under
stood that Austria should hfcve ever?
liberty to crush Servia and that Ger
many would have recourse to arms to
LONDON HATH GERMAN TROOP*
BREAK RlhSLAX LINE.
LONDON THINKS
ON THAN IS TOUK
PRESS AIMTS MISTAKE
usd Ferataa Official
Report Activity Akowg tfc+
• The Triple Entente powers, however,
still endeavored to bring about a. set
tlement. In the meantime M. von
Schoen, the Germap ambassador in
Paris, demanded thst France exert
hej- influence on Russia in a peaceful
sepse, tout he ref used. to. exert similar
peaceful influence at Vienna.
y The English Plan.
“England proposed to avoid a crisis
by submitting the Austro-Serb diffi
culty to tbe official mediation of the
four powerswhich were not directly
interested therein. France and Rus
sia accepted this proposal, but Ger
many refused under the pretext that
She could not thus humiliate her ally
and she proposed, instead, the open
ing of direct conversations between
Vienna and St. Petersburg, saying the
latter was ready to consent to this
arrangement. The conflict at this
time seemed to be progressing to
wards a settlement when for the third
time Austria, by a fresh provocation,
killed the hopes of conciliation. She
declared war on Servia (July 28) and
began a partial mobilization against
Russia on her frontiers (July 29).
“The chances for peace now seem
ed greatly reduced, particularly as the
Austrian army began the bombard
ment of Belgrade, the occupation of
which seemed to be nothing more
than a question of hours. The Triple
Entente powers did not, however,
give up all hope of accomplishing
something in these last remaining
minutes. On one side, Sir Edward
Grey (British foreign secretary)
started a new project for four sided
mediation, a project in which Russia
joined at the demand of France. M.
Von Jagow, to whom this project was
communicated, evaded it by declaring
that while he adhered to its principle
it was necessary to And a formula
that would be acceptable to Austria.
He was then invited to formulate
himself a proposal of settlement, but
he again avoided the issue by saying
that he would consult the Vienna
cabinet on this point.
Grey's IahI Offer.
‘‘Sir Edward Grey then came for
ward with a new comproraiaary prop
osition which provided that all the
powers should call a halt to their mil
itary preparations. Furthermore.
Russia gave a fresh evidence of her
desire to maintain the peace of Eu
rope by offering to maintain an att!->
tude of expectation if Austria would
engage not to»undertake the sover
eignty of Servia. evton after having
occupied Belgrade
“It was then that the cabinet of
Vienna declared for the first time
that It was ready to discuss with Eu
rope tbe fundamental principle of its
difference* with Servia. At the very
moment that this work in tbe direc
tion of reciprocal concessions seemed
to warrant a last hope of peace an
irreparable movement on the part of
Germany promised to force the crisis
to a violent solution
“At the beginning of the conflict
Germany had commenced military
preparations and she continued them
with feverish haste. At the very mo
ment when her representatives in for
eign countries were protesting her pa
clflc intentions, the 31st of July, In
the evening Germany addressed to
the Russian government an ultima
turn giving Russia 12 hours In which
to demobilize on her Austrian as well
as on her German frontiers. The
alternative was that Germany would
mobilize.
The Final Straw.
"There could be no doubt as to the
answer to such an ultimatum. From
that moment the cause of peace was
definitely lost. The obligations of al
liances had to be observed and the
great' powers were draw n into the
fatal conflict.
"Events which followed are fresh
in the memory of every one. On
July 31 there were acts of hostility,
clearly defined, on our frontier, the
2nd of August saw the violation of
the neutrality of Luxemberg and the
entrance by German troops upon
three points of wur territory, while
our troops were holding themselves
at a distance of ten kilometers (six
miles) from the frontier. The same
day Belgiujn was summoned to per
mit Germany’s military operations
against France. Finally, on August
3, the declaration of war was brought
by M. Von Schoen to the Quay
d’Orsay, which act proceeded by a
brief tie only the violation of neutral
ity of Belgium. In the light of the
documenta contained in this Yellow
Book, the roles played by the differ
ent powers in this European crisis
show up with striking clearness. It
>s scarcely necessary again to empha
size tbe responsibilities of Austria,
primal causa of the conflict. The re-
sponslbuttles of Germany are even
more crushing. Germany systemati
cally avoided every opportunity to
discuss measures of conciliation. She
forced Austria to an intransigeant at
titude and she made the war inevit
able by an ultimatum (to Russia), is
sued at a moment when the basis of a
direct agreement between Austria and
siaaa are not in Position to Gain |
Sweeping Victory as Anticipated.
Tbs increasing thunder of gugn
British Papers Admit Claims of Vic-land of transports bearing wounded
^ . I men, bms led to the conclusion la
torjr Were Premature Battle is by I London that n greater degree of he-
rwi>„,_ tirlty has prevailed In West Flanders
no Means Decided, AKbongh Rns-1 ^ ^ ^ ^ oA( . ul
communication.
Paris reports officially: “The only
interesting news relates to our right
Fighting in thri north of France I th * tV'
and Belgium has assumed for the! 01 }, “*• "* ht bank ®‘ J 1 *® Mo !
time being an aspect of minor impor- w « occupied Lesmeatls and
tance as compared with battles i n I the signal towel of Lon.
the East where the Russian and Ger-1 “In the Vosges our troops have
mans are struggling for supremacy I captured tbe Tete do Faux, south nf
over miles of bcttle front in Russian the village Ronhomme. which doml-
Poland and East Prussia. I nates the range of hills forming tho
liondon reports Tuesday' night that frontier and has served as an obser-
fighting for their very lives and in j v »tory for the Germans,
the knowledge that a great defeat “In the Alsace tbe sLatlon of Burn-
would end the German offensive and I haupt has been occupied and we have
compel them to fall back on their own I established ourselves on n line corn-
frontiers, the German troops broke| prising Aspacb. the bridge of Aspach
m
through the Russian lines at one I
place and at another are holding their
entrenchments against all the Rus
sian attacks. Their ranks stLl arc j
being harassed by the Cossacks, but
seemingly the Russians are not now
in a position to gain the sweeping
victory they had anticipated.’
’niough it seems clear now that the
and Burnbaupt.
“In Belgium there was a rather
lively artillery fire directed against
Nieuport and to Ahe south of Ypres.
The inundations hava extended to^
the south of Dixmude,
“From the Lys to the Somme there
has been a violent bombardment, par-
German army in Russian Poland, or|t ,cu lk r *y at Alx Noulette, to tha waat
that part of it which the Russians
surrounded near lx>dz, narrowly miss
ed annihilation, the Germans, fought
with such fury that the cordon of en
circling them was broken and as Ger
man reinforcements are coming up
the issue Is not yet decided
The British press, interpreting the
news dispatches from Petrograd, con
tends that a Russian success on s
colassal scale still is possible, but in
‘There was quiet along tha entira
front from the Somme to tbe Atsna
and in the Champagne.
“In the Argonne several attacks oa
I the part of the enemy were repulsed,
| and we made slight progress.
"In the Wovre district the Qer-
I man artillery evidenced s certain me-
tivtty. bnt with insignificant results.”
Berlin reports officially: Tbe next
all quarters it is admitted that tbe re- the communication reads:
cent claims of a complete Russian vic
tory were premature.
Berlin reports Tuesday by wireless
to Sayville: “Latest reports from
Russian Poland given out officially
Indicate that the Germans have re
sumed the execution of their plan to
encompass the Russian right flank
and to force it back on the centre, at
“In the western theatre of war the
enemy made Insignificant adraneas,
which were checked.
| “In the foreet of Argoaaa.a strong
point of support of tha enemy was
taken by the Wuerttemberg Infantry
regiment No. 120, his Majesty, the
Kaiser's own regiment. On this oc
casion two officers and about throe
the same time cutting off the Russian I hundred of the enemy's troops^sora
1 At 1 a V. wk v I ret « A rs s»4 * *
communication with Warsaw
“The carrying out of this plan
which began with a Russian defeat at
Llpno and at Flock was later hinder
ed by the arrival of Russian rein
forcements and the Germans for a
moment were thrown on the defen
sive. Now after repulsing a number
of attatju, the Germans appear to be
moving forward In the direction of
Lowicz.
“German movements in this region
made prisoners.’
KENT IT OUT.
Vessel Bound for
at New York,
Assistant Secretary Petars Thurs
day night Instructed Collector of Cus
toms Malone, at New York, to grtat
„ clearance papers to tbo 1
have not been Interfered with in the , teaiI1Bh ,p Berwlnd. recently .
last few days and this, German mill-1 p. customs authorities there
tary observers say. must be taken asL|, investigation to detevmtae'wl
highly favorable sign aa in their | er she had violated tha neutrality
opinion a German repulse of the Rus
sian advances probably has been fol
lowed by a general offensive move
ment of the Germans towards Lodz
Petrograd reports Monday via Lon
don:
guns
laws,
The Berwtn was charged wtjh fur
nishing contraband art Idea to a Ger
man warship outside tho three mile
■ limit. Upon Investigation, however,
“Rix hundred prisoners, seven the treasury department found It hnd
and many wounded fell lnto| DO (rounds upon which to hold
Russian hands In yesterday s fighting I ypn vessel, tt was said, is elsartag for
to the west of Lowicz. where the Rus- Qpnrlestoa to take aboard a cargo of
sians took ten miles of German | cotton for Bremen.
trenches between Glovno and Sobota,
according to information received to
day through trustworthy sources
"The extent of the Russian ad
vance in East Prussia between the
Mazurian lakes and the river Ange-
rapp is officially stated to be one
day’s march.”
Petrograd reports the following of
fleial communication Monday night:
81PPRE88 IRISH Pi
British Authorities abaDh* Down am
Alleged Mslojal Press. '
A dispatch from Dublin, Ireland,
says tha newspaper Sinn Pain did not
appear Thursday. Tha publishers re
“On the rest Of the front along, tAe M® 8 * 4 P^nt It In consgauenee of
by these two powers.
Approved the $ote.
“From the beginning Germany de
clared that she was in ignorance of
the contents of the Austrian note {to
Servia), but she voiced her resolve to
approve it and sustaJp all Its preten
sions.
“When the Russian government
prevent Russia from succoring, iter-: Bhtmed that it would net turn a deaf
▼la.
ear to the fate of Servia, Germany
; The king of England IS in France;
the king of Belgium, as nsnal. Is
spending, all his time With his sol
diers. whte President Poincare, of
Prance, started Tuesday for another
having been warned that they wonM
be liable for printing treasonable
matter.
This is the seeond step tn tha sup
pression of Irish publications which
have been opposing enlists and
pressing pro-German sentiments. The
miles I from Ko.ec.n. which I. serth I »l lle » <*»
of Hartnell]. .. f.r .. Scsuko.
ed south of Mezo Laborcz. The Rus-
left bank of the Vistula an artillery
engagement took place November 29
“The Russian troops, after a fight
lasting en days, captured on Novem
her 28, the Austrian positions which
protected the passes in tbe Carps
thians, extending 50 versts (about 33
sians in this district captured can
non, machine guns and many prison
ers.
“During the first half of Novem
ber we captured In all 60,000 Austro-
Hungarian soldiers and 600 officers.”
Vienna reports via London the fol
lowing official dispatch: ^In fhe
southern war theatre a step in the
operations has reached a victorious
conclusion. The enemy, who for sev
eral days has been offering strong re
sistance east of the Rivers Kolubara
and Ijid (Servia) again attempted to
take the offensive, but was repulsed,
suffering heavy losses in his retreat.
On the battlefield at Komatice alone
our troops found 800 unbaried
bodies.
“Since the beginning of our last
offensive we have taken more than
ly publication, and v confiscated all
copies of the pipers offered for sale
In tbe news stands.
President Opposes Investigmtioa.
It' is understood that President
Wilson doee not consider the present
| a timely occasion for the passage of
any bill investigating tho military
| strength of this country.
}
David Lamar Guilty.
David Lamar, tbe lobbyist, who im
personated Representative Palmer,
has been convicted and sentenced to
two years in the federal penitentiary.
ties of other war material.”
Vienna reports officially through
Berlin and London that the Russian
defeat in the battle of Homonna.
19,000 prisoners and have captured I Hungary, thirty miles northwest of
47 machine guns, 46 guns and quantl-1' n ®“ Ta ^ waa 8 r « at er *t first
1 supposed.
.Confronted
tbe first thought of t
Ing the Triple Entente was to gain
time to examine the conflict with
greater ear*, and If possible to ren
it leas acute Tho powers there-
four power mediation, the German] “The enemy’s position,” says the
government .refused to consider his I statement, “was surrounded. Both
proposal. When finally Germany per-4 our wings directed flank attacks and
ceived, in spite of all her dilatory compelled them to beat a hasty re-
proceedlngs, that the conflict was pro-1 treat with a 16ss of 1,000 killed, or
grossing toward a settlement, to be mounded and 1,500 men prisoners,
effected by tbe conciliatory efforts of] “The total number *of ^ prisoners
Russia and England, which finally (taken by the Austrians in the flgbt-
had been accepted by Austria-Hun- lug in Poland is 35,000.”
nWI-tv,oT8*ry, the precipitated the rupture by Berlin reports via London wireless
Russia had been found and accepted]*;;,^ £ Russia an ultimatum early Wednesday morning:
couched in unacceptable terms. — 1 “A great story of success for the
“France associated herself with German troops has come, to light in
every effort made to compose the con-Mhe fighting near Lodi. German
filet. She counseled Servia in the]forces operating against the right
li&g. of wisdom; she endeavored in-1 flank and in tbe rear of the
cessantly at 8t. Petersburg to Jin their turn, were attacked ky
strengthen her ally. Russia, in her at-| sians. who pressed them hard, 9
titude of moderation, and she took ing from the east and south,
part in all the peaceful endeavors! “The Germans turned from,
made at Berlin and at Vienna. Russians, with whom they
ranee, moved by a deep love of I paged. and fought a bitter 1
pkff 1 sswpmiaanu nf com lffHl li nfctnr«twff0* ~
tlmldation. to associate herself with dilation at her command. The sue-{ring. Tn doing W
live violations of the neutrality oft them U.fl'
Luxemberg and of Belgium and tbs I Runs, and lost
invasion of her own territory w«rs IThe-Oerman In
before she decided to draw I small, but they <
to defend her ver
powers' form^ the exulting Influence of St. Peters
burg, but at the same time ab$ re
fused to undertake like steps it
Vienna..
“When Sir Edward