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'-«|M ■■ - •’ ' rjnemfiau f * *■* cum A VICTORf • . J . AI MTR1AAS SAY RUSSIAN’S RR- TIRKMKNT IS OOMPLRTK. BEILIN IS lEJOW * d«rauuM Seem to Place Credence In Reported Victory Which is Herald ed as the Greatest of the War-— British Fleet Bombards German a- ^ Troops Along Coast of ^Flanders. Vienna reports offlcially: “The latest news permits of no further doubt that the resistance of the Rus sian main force has been shattered. After the defeat of the southern wing in the battle of Liraanovo, which lasted severai days, our allies also gained a victory near Lodz. “The Russians now ere completely routed on the River Rzura. “Threatened by our advance across the Carpathians from the south, the enemy began a general retreat, which they are trying to cover by stubborn fighting in the regions before the Car- pathians. “Our troops are attacking on the line of Grodno Zakliczyii. "Along the other parts of the front the pursuit has begun.” I<oadon reports no confirmation of a statement from Vienna that “the Russians are retiring along the entire front in Galicia and Poland,” but says such a move on the part of the Russians would be in line with the announcements in Petrograd dis patches that the Russians, threaten ed on both flanks, had decided to take up new positions - where they could better meet the Austro-German onslaughts from the Carpathians to the East^Prussian frontier. The Russian delay in fulfilling ex pectatlons that they would prove a serious menace to German territory is disappointing the peoples of the allied countries, but military men ex- prers the view that it is better for Russia to fight in her own ter: itory, where means of communication jronld.be more on an equality. —. Hertto, -according to its dispatch wsa aroused with enthusiasm Thurs day with the announcement of a great German-Austrian victory over the Russians in Poland. An offleiai bulletin announcing this was Issued shortly after noon. Within half an hour extra editions of the papers ap peared and the whole city literally flashed into bunting. American visitors, who a few days ago commented on the non-display of flags, scarcely recognized the streets which everywhere were gay with German and Austrian colors, at many places intertwined. At the Reichstag, where a Red Cross meeting was in session, word was received from the palace that the greatest victory of the war had been won. The schools closed Friday that the children may assemble to cele brate the event. The first intimation of the nature and extent of the Russian defeat was received Thursday night and circu lated in official quarters, but nothing was known of it generally until the official bulletin was published. It had been understood that the Rus sians were In a precarious position, but It was not hinted that a decisive result was at hand The official bul letin issued Thursday reported that operations were "proceeding normal ly,*'-which phrase is the usual ter mination of official reports. It Is known now that thousands^of Rus afans have been taken prisoners. Petrograd reports Thursday night: *'In the direction of Mlawa our van guard and cavalry troops are chasing energetically the beaten Germans. “Several of their cprps already have crossed the frontier. "During the chase we have cap tured prisoners, guns and war mate rial." “On the left brnk of the Vistula and in Eastern Galicia on December 16 no important fighting took place. “During the past week the garri son at Przemysl has attempted sev eral sorties, all of which were repuls ed. Inflicting heavy losses on the ene my. "During one of these sorties we captured several hundred prisoners and some machine guns.” Ijondon reports: In Poland pre parations are being made for a new battle or series of battles. The Rus sians, according to a former member of the cabinet at Petrograd, have de cided, despite the disappointment it must cause, to withdraw the left wing at least and form a new line back in their own territory. This will relieve Cracow, but will compel the Austro-German forces to fight farther away from the strategic rail ways from which they have, moved troops quickly to desired points. This plan doubtless will affect tho rest of the battle front .except in North Poland, where tho German col umn have been driven back by a superior ussian force. Along the coast of Flandeis, where the Allies are trying to push their lines forward from Nleuport, they have the assistance of the British fleet, which has violently bombard ed West End, one of the many little greatly since the commencement of the war. This attack, Berlin says, was without effect and the Allies were repulsed. X: Further inland the French also claim to have gained ground although In a less marked degree than an pre vious days. In tho Argonne there ap parently has been a lull, but both in the Woevre and In Alsace, the two other regions where severe fighting has been Inprogress for tome time, the Germans appear to have deliver ed counter-attacks. The long-expocted proclamation i bringing afi ehd-imTnrkkh suveealn- tv over Egypt and the establishment pf a British protectorate was offldlal- ly Issued Thursday night. Thu last ENGLAND IS ASTIR BOMBARDMENT OF COA8T ROUSE LION TO ACTION. v Arrangements Being Made to Guard Against Another Attack—List of , Dead Not Yet Complete. Crippling of telephone and tele graph wires by the bombarded Mon day of Scarborough, the Hartlepools and Whitby, on the east coast of England, by German cruisers, togeth er with military precautions thrown about those towns, made it impos sible even Tuesday to obtain more than an approximate estimate of the civilian dead and wounded. Bristling with wrath and^ resent ment at the attack on unfortified towns, England was astir as never before since war was declared. An other raid Is confidently expected and the entire machinery of home defense has been put motion. On the east and the southeast coast emer gency committfees are at work, while in London plans to organize a na tional guard of men too old for mili tary service are under way. Although to the British mind a raid on London seems remote, Mon day’s episode drove home the reali ties of war as nothing else could. Arrangements have been made at Deal and Dover to expedite the re moval of the civilian population in case of an attack. Those measures are primarily to forestall any panic or traffic congestion which might im pede military movjments. Berlin promptly heard of the out come of the raid through wireless and Tuesday morning a wireless mes sage from the German capital repeat ed details of the attack as printed by British newspapers Monday. Noth ing has been added from German offi cial sources. « Steaming at high speed, the Ger man raiders, barring mishap, should have reached their advance naval base off Helgoland some time after midnight, their trip requiring .-.bout 15 hours. Thirty hours out of port on such> a venture in mine-laden waters is a feat English papers do not belittle, and in his heart every Englishman hopes that 4t w+44 be es sayed again and if necessary again until the call is paid once too often _ It Is presumed that behind them the German cruiser strewed mines, so a fleet of trawlers is now out en gaged in the precarious task of sweeping The towns attacked had resumed much of their normal ap pearance except In the bereaved homes and in the hospitals. Belief Is general that the Germans had the able assistance of spies The remarkable secrecy with which the raid was executed Is shown by the fact that not a single incoming ves sel at any coast port saw the Ger man ships prior to thri* sudden ap pearance The nearest .parallel to Monday's visit is found In the activities of John Paul Jones, terror of English ship ping, who menaced English coast towns In 1779. I * COAL FOR THE NAVY TO SEND WARSHIPS WOUU) NEED TROOPH. GOVERNMENT FIELDS IN ALASKA v HAVE GOOD FUEL. MUST UPHOLD CANAL ZONE’S NEUTRALITY BY FORCE. Secretary Daniels Finishes His Four- Governor Goethak He HOW UK GKT THE NEWS. Editors Are Not Su|>ernatural and Have to be Informed. Day before yesterday a perfectly nice lady called us up and with tears In her voice reproved us for not men tioning the fact that she had had a friend visiting her last week We told her that she had not let us know anything about it and that therefore, we did not know that she had a visitor. Then she .said, “Well you should have known. I thought you were running a newspaper.” Wouldn’t that rattle your slats? Some people think that an editor ought to be a cross between Argus and Anna Eva Fay. They seem to think that our five senses are a gmented by a sixth that lets us know everything that hap pens, even if we see, hear, feel, taste or smell it not. Dear lady, editors are only human or at least, almost human. If you have a friend visit ing you, if you are going away, or have returned from a visit out of town, If Johnnie fails and breaks his arm, if your husband chops his toe instead of astiek.of wood, if anything happens that makes you glad, or sad, happy, or niad, call us up. Tell us about. That's the way to get it in the paper. SAYS IT IS ONLY PRELUDE. Yon Ruelow Declares German Navy Will Surprise World. On his arrival at Rome Prince von Buelow 1 , former. German chancellor and now ambassador to Italy, was informed of the bombardment of the English coast by German ships, but showed no v surprise. He said this accomplishment had been arranged prior to his departure from Berlin, and added “This is simply the prelude to what the German fleet Is soon to undertake, which may astonish the world.” Russians Out of Hungary. According to Berlin newspapers the Russians have been driven out of Hungary. The Invaders had to send most of their troops to West Galleia to stem the Germanic advance there. Day Examination Before House House Committee on Naval Affairs. * 1 Formal announcement of success ful naval attest* of coal from gov ernment-owned Matanuska fields In Alaska was made Tuesday by Secre tary Daniels before the naval com mittee of the House. Trials by the cruiser Maryland about ten days ago, Mr. Daniels said, had demonstrated that the Matanuska coal was as good as any to be found. The results of this test, over which navy officials have been exulting quietly for several weeks, were par ticularly gratifying, Mr. Daniels said, because disappointing experiments with coal from the Bering fields a year ago had dimmed hopes that the rich deposits in Alaska ultimately wovjld meet all of the government’s demands for fuel on the Pacific coast. Mr. Daniels spent his fourth and last day before the committee, ex plained the needs of the navy in con nection with the preparations of the annual appropriation bill and answer ing questions on every, phase oJLtbe national defence problem. He told of a proposal for building a half-mll- lion-dollar projectile plant at Phila delphia. or Indian Head. Maryland, admitted that it was no secret in the navy that the supply of shells for the great gupsXjt the battleships was in adequate, and gave his views at length on the retired pay question. Capt. Winterhalter, the secretary’s aide for materials, was questioned about submarines, and ahd quite an argument with Representative Hob son of Alabama, over war scares Capt. Winterhalter said he was un able to see international dangers ahead pictured by Mr. Hobson. Then the congressman told the committee of a “scare” last year that put the American garrison in the Phillipinees in a state of siege. "In May and for some months of last year.” said Mr. Hobson, “our gunners at Corregidor Island stood at their guns night and day. with plans ?or a two years’ siege. The harbors were mined. Troops from all over the islands were brought into Corregidor and everything prepared for a siege, -except there was no transfer of the government from Ma nilla It did not Ikke any vision to see that." ' The secretary said the navy was trying to put its yards on a business basis with industrial managers^ try ing the plan at New York, Norfolk, and perhaps some other points. “The Philadelphia navy yard is in excellent shape,” he added, "and hasn't as many evils--card systems and other paper work—as they have in some of the other yards We are going to put a construction officer in charge at the Norfolk yard.” Representative Lee of Pennsylva nia brought up the proposed new naval dry dock, suggesting that, in view of trouble with the site select ed at Norfolk, it would be better to build a dock at Philadelphia, where the bottom Is safe and sure. “The reasons I recommended the building of a dry dock at Norfolk replied Secretary DanieK "is because that yard has more docking, more arrivals and departures than any other yard. 1 recommended the loca tion at Norfolk: it is for congress to determine what should be done. The chief docking need of the navy is at Norfolk.” Secretary Daniels was asked if the general board of the navy agreed with him as to the location of the dock. "We don't always agree,” said the secretary, smilingly “If the com mittee desires to_Blace at PbiladeL pfila the large double dry dock—two docks—at the same cost as the one 1.000-yard dock at Norfolk you wouldn’t object?” asked Mr. Lee. “Whatever the bill says is our duty to carry out," was the reply. . “Did Capt. Grant turn the battle ship Texas around in front of the navy yard in the Elizabeth River at the Norfolk navy yard?”' “Yes, he did,” was the reply. Mr. Lee was a little sceptical about the Texas turning around in a chan nel 400 feet wide and 35 feet deep and suggested that maybe it was turned around at Berkley, Va. Secretary Daniels said it was not the purpose of the navy department to maintain marines on the Isthmus In addition to the army. This was in connection with his urgent reconi mendation that $400,000 of an unex pended appropriation for marine, bar racks at Panama be equally divided Instead, *t Mare Island and Norfolk Telegraphs Has Wrecked Radio of One QHtlsh Collier at Balboa, Canal Zone. President Wilson and his cabinet decided Tuesday to send American warships to the canal zone to guard against neutrality violations by bel ligerent ships. How many ships will be dispatched will be determined af ter a full report has been received from Gov. Goethals, of the canal zone, and Capt. Rtdman, naval offi cer of the canal. "Whatever is necessary to be done," said Secretary Daniels Tues day night,, “to carry out the execu tive order of the president with ref erence to the radio communication, will be done. A telegram from the radio office at the canal zone says: For communicating with British cruisers from west coast I have, dis mantled radio of one British collier at Balboa, Canal Zon,e.’ Governor Goethals Tuesday reiter ated his request for destroyers to en force neutrality laws in the Canal Zone. A conference was held be tween Secretary of War Garrison, Counsellor Lansing, of the State de- partpient, and Rear Admiral Fiske, chief of The navy bureau of opera tions. Secretary Garrison early in Ihe day received a cablegram > from Col. Goethals, explaining his request for destroyers. This message was not made public, but Mr. Garrison said, in Col. Goethal’s judgment, misuse of radio communication within canal waters and the necessity of prevent ing misuse of the zone as a base of supply by belligerents, required the presence of swift moving war ves sels. It is understood that administra tion officials will go deeply into the question of the powers of the gov ernment in controlling activities in waters adjacent to the Canal Zone before any step is taken. Secretary Garrison and Secretary Navy Aloae Could Not Defeud Pad? ama Canal. Preparedness of the United States to defend tho Panama Canal in case of war waa the subject of a series of questions put to Commander Stirling, commanding the Atlantic fleet’* sub marine cotllla, at Tuesday’s hearing before the House naval committee. The commander expressed the opin ion that in addition to ihe navy a large mobile army would be regured to protect the canal and keep it open. ”Is our naval force prepared to give us control of the can^l against a navy of the size, say of Ger many’s?” asked Representative Farr. “Not very well prepared,” the offi cer replied after some hesitation. Commander Stirling pointed out that lack of a base would handicap operations of any hostile navy against the canal. The nearest foreign base, he safd, was Jamaica, a British pos session. Questioned about the Pa cific coast, he declared he thought both coasts safe as long as the canal could be kept open for passage of the fleet. The officer’s testimony as a sub marine commander that the battle ship was the prime factor in naval defence attracted much interest among committee members. Ulti mate development of the battleship, be predicteki, would be to a more of fensive .rather than defensive type, with less armor and more speed. De velopment of The submarine, he said, would lead to a type of 2,000-ton armored, 25-knot, sea-going vessels to accompany the battleships wher ever they go as a terror to the ene my's battleships^. Asked regarding the eighteen sub marines under his command, he said all of them could get into active com mission on comparatively short no tice, eleven of them within ten days and the rest wlthtii two weeks, ex cept two that are in reserve and not yet accepted, and one practically dis carded. He told of serious lack of tenders for the submarines and of how lie had repeatedly asked for more. , Commander Stirling said the navy had fifty-seven submarines altogeth- BEA9TB CAUSE PANIC THE IN NEW YORK FllfiHTEHSTE Daniels made it clear Tuesday that er. counting thirty-eight built, eleven *! u..ii ji a *. , « the delay in action on Col. Goethal’s request for destroyers was di^e to a lack of Information - . Mr. Garrison explained that the colonel had asked for destroyers without specifying the purpose of their use. In reply to a message of inquiry Col. Goethalp ex plained that wireless regulations were being violated, in canal waters and referred to the misuse of the Canal Zone as a base of supplies The war department again asked for specific Instances of what had occurred, but no further information had been re ceived. If the Canal Zone Is being used as a base of supplies Col. Goethals will be Instructed to use his land forces. Should it develop that the wireless is being used within the territorial waters the navy department will de mand an explanation from its naval officers, as the question of wireless regulation is up to the navy depart ment. " -, “Destroyers or other ships will be sent to the Canal Zone at any mo ment when needed to prevent the use of radio for any unneutral act by ships of any belligerent nation,” said Secretary Daniels. The probability Is that some of the cruisers now on the Mexican west coast will be sent to the Zone instead of destroyers. Regarding the alleged use of radio outfits by British colliers within the canal waters officials are trying to ascertain the extent to which this has been done It U suggested that warning will be sufficient to stop al leged offences, without invoking a display of force If such a^.splay should be necessary, howevefTit will be incumbent upon the navy, a$ by a proclamation on August 5 the navy department was placed in exclusive control of the radio service in the Canal Zone At the British embassy it was sug gested that the British cciliers which are alleged to have been using their wrieless within the territorial waters of the Canal Zone may not have re ceived word of the canal regulations on this point as these only reached London Monday. building and eight more authorized. Of these, he said, twenty were on the Pacific waters. Including nine at Manilla. All of the boats, he said, were equipped with torpedoes good from 3,500 to 6,000 yards. He regarded the flVe submarines at Colon as ready for any emergency. The commander said the navy now had thirty-five modern destroyers, and he believed there should be eight sea going submarines as a propor tionate part of a fleet "We should have a submarine flo tilla on each coast,” he said. Representative Hobson asked In ef fect if there was any really adequate defence of the country against a great battleship fleet, except by a larga navy. "Not against a military nation that has a standing army and willing to take the risk of Invasion—a tempor ary Invasion,” replied the officer Commander Stirling said he could not conceive of any time when the submarine would be able alone to control the sea to make it safe for a country’s commerce. JONES FULLY PARDONED. IJST OF FRENCH DEAD. CALLED TOGETHER.— ” Bryan Calls Conference of Pan-Amer ican Governing Board. Secretary Bryan announced Tues day he had called a meeting for Wed nesday of the commission of nine re cently appointed by the governing board of the Pan-American Union to devise plans for a more vigorous assertion of the rights of neutrals In the war.- Althougjj the recent naval victory in the South Atlantic has put Eng land In control t f the commercial situation, diplomats here are contin uing their efforts to have all belllger ent warships excluded from the waters of this hemisphere. 1 Fixing for the Winter, By agreement the Austrian atf<T Russian armies facing each other ure permitting the carrying on straw by soldiers of <#ther side In efforts to Improve their quarters. Cotton -Steamer Wrecked. The Norwegian steamer Nygard, loaded with cotton, and bound for Denmark from Pensacola, broke In half off Esbjberg, Denmark, and the cotton was washed ashore. French Government Believes Ijosses Are About Equal. The French war office does not is sue lists of war casualties. A corre spondent by inquiry in various quar ters estimates the French dead up to November 10'at something under 100,000 men. The number of wound- ed and Bick__being cax£d far In French hospitals November 19 appears to have been about ,400.000. The Swiss government’s buredu for the ^ ex change of prisoneira in Germany. These figures added put the total losses of the French army at about 590,000 men. The French estimate the number of Germans killed in battle on this fron tier as considerably exceeding 100,- 000 because German tactics have been more continually on the offen sive. , i The French military administration does not share In the popular view that the ’ German losses have been enormously In excess of those of the French. Neither Is credence given to reports of bad provisioning of the German army and of soldiers famish ed and driven by overwork to exhaus tion. French commanders find Ger man prisoners defiant and confident, and there Is no Indication of starva tion except where ti^ops harp boon cut off from the main bodies. . straw doubt less Was the action of the I Khedive, who was the Sultnn’s rep- resentailve. in Egypt, but with Httle or no power. In taking sides with Turkey ageinst Great Britain. To A votf Etlxml Congressmen are determined to complete their program before March 4. so aa to do away with th* necessity for another extra sees Ion. ■ Item age Waa Blight. IT is «ffIWully"reportf<J ~ ThIT Ih* Gerinan vessels which, bpm- barded Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby wore hit several times by the coast batteries, but that th* damage wss alight Governor Frees Former BrauchrlD* Attorney From All Legal Bonds. The following' dispatch from Co lumbia tella of thd complete pardon Issued J. J. Jones, the Branchvllle lawyer, who was convicted of the murder of Abe Pearlstine In Branch- ville, and sentenced to ten years After many appeals and legal hin drances had been used for him by his attorneys Jones started to serve the sentence. He was paroled with in the past year and forbidden to re main In South Carolina. The present pardon, however, removes this, and he can return to this county If he de sires. At present he is located in Augusta, and is practising law there The dispatch was as follows: “John J. Jones, the Branchvllle lawyer, who was convicted of slaying Abe Pearl stine and sentenced to ten years and thirty days In the penitentiary, and who was paroled last March on con dition that he leave the State and never return, was Thursday after noon granted a full pardon by Gov, Blease. This action by the govern or permits Jones to again make his home in South Carolina. “When Jones was paroled last March he was at the Orangeburg county farm, having been sent there from the penitentiary when it was stated that he was suffering from tuberculosis. IlJwmLundfiratood-tbat while at the Orangeburg farm Jones practically enjoyed full liberty, spend ing much of his tine In the open, hunting, in an effort to regain his health. To what degree he succeed ed has not been made known. “When paroled Jones had served a little more than two years of his sen tence. "Abe Pearlstine was fatally shot by Jones when the two men met in the post office at Branshville, where Pearlstine was a merchant and Jones a practicing lawyer. Bad feeling was said to have existed between the two men for some time prior to the trag edy. The trial was held at Orange burg and attracted considerable no tice on account of the prominence of the persons Involved. “It is understood that Jones open ed a law office In Augusta, On., sev eral months ago.” - ♦ < Fleet to Assemble. TWenty-one battleships of the At lantic fleet will assemble off the coast jaf .r.U|»,Jn January lor baUte Six Trained Play rodty and She Dias Us Hail—Policeman Probably Fnlslfr J Shot. Six trained lions their cage on the stage of an 86th stibet theatre at Netr Ye Thursday and bounding into the dlence, consisting principally of men and children, created a paule. One lionnees, Alice, largest of pack, escaped Into a priwded Policemen pursued her into the way of an apartment-house, shooting at her probably wounded Sergt. Daniel Glenn, other officers were slightly we by the claws of the beast in a at close rangm At sight of the lions hundreds persons In The theatre fled, Ing, to the exits. Scores fainted oni many sat transfixed In their seats: None ot'Tbe beasts, except Alioe, displayed great ferocity. A few sons who got In their paths - j scratched, but none of them seriously hurt. Five of the animals were still ut large In the theatre when the last of' the audience escaped. In their nub to safety spectators left beLlnd all sorts of personal belongings. Meen-ji time the beasts roamed over thel house from gcllery to basement. An hour after the last spectator left! were rounded up la the lobby driven into their shipping box. all them uninjured Three arrests were modi charges of criminal negligence, _ ing the outcome of Injurlee to wounded persons. Those In are La belle Andree. the lions'' er; C. A. Turnqulst. their k« and George H. Hamilton, mai the attraction. The Hons wsre ed by Francis Fsrarl, a shoe The animal act hod and a song and -ince quartette’' the stage In front the first dreg the lions, about to be from the steel exhibition their shipping box, ssrsped screamed and Turnqulst, whip, loudly shouted ut hie Frightened actors, theatre attaches began stairways v—- — Suddenly one of the Hens Into the wings and pssrsg quartette, Th* singing abratly. As the stagers started te Detective Peter Cahill, who the audience, s » the lieu naff i ed to the entertainers te gu i singer ret urn sd and begun a Suddenly s Hon curne Into fup and all control of the lost. The first Hon ambled i| stage, then a eecond, and In u ute more than six Into stage boxes end out late audience. The orchestra kept ing untU the Hons the pit. Then th* a der the stags. Almost everybody la the m bad a different venien of animals did after the* get i crowd, bot nearly all aoeonntn i that they did not live up to gerous name of the “King of One canght np with Mailt mott while he was harrying < aisle, so he lay doirn. clawed him on the bead wound appeared to be the gerous that any of the ed. He was taken to a h« The last of the audience the theatre were several who, cooped np In a dressing room, signalled from a nearby engine houi carried down'h dders. A throng had gathered theatre when Alice emerged, across to a street corner sat down. The crowd begai and ten policemen, with drawn, came rushing tos She turned and went Into ment-heuse. Abraham Glazer, & was working on the first building. He opened the vesttgate the noise outside i ed into the face of Slamming the door he' help. The beast turned to a I and bounded up a flight, women peeTed frbm a the animal, shrieked the door. Alice then fled 1 floor, where the police _ seeking egress to the roof." For more than ten mipi waged In the narrow hajli battle between man and ty shots were tired Into tl raged llonness. Up odd stairway she raced, striking at her assailant*, the leaden hall-that body ended the battle. > It was while the firing height that Glenn was shot the back. It was thought die. Two patrolmen^ the Hon, one of whom wusj a hospit&U . No Truce Arranged. The efforts of th* Roman CathoHc Pope to arrange a Christmas trues la Europe has fallen through. ; Funeral Services to the ] For the first time ta u formal funeral < In the House Sunday wl Payne, a veteran York, was paid th* last ^ Watkins Lewis »y I fester. Lo~ fifth .victim et