Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-10
THOUGH JAPANESE ARE NOT
YET ACROSS THE HUN, TOWN
is BEING DESERTED.
BOTH ARMIES ARE TIRED

Unless the Japanese Force the Rus
!. slams to Battle the Present condi-
tions May Continue Indefinitely
Red Cross Does Good Work on Long
March.
" Dispatches from various
sources today establish only the
fact that the Russian army Is
+ safely at Mukden, kuropatkin
> having accomplished his retreat
In good order in spite of the har-
assing Japanese. the sodden
roads, and hampered by more
han 10000 wounded. Beyond
his there Is no direct news bear
Ina on the military situation.
/. Advices from Japanese sources
1 are significantly lacking and the
" exact whereabouts of the Japan.
y ese armies is unknown.
M European military opinion is
that another big battle will soon
A be fought.
Berlin, Sept. "a LokaI Anzie-
N ger Mukden dispatch, timed 11:4o
~ a. M, today, says: "The evacu-
4 alton of Mukden is now in pro-
sAaress. The Japanese have not
4, vet crossed the river Hun, few
miles south Of Mukden."
Mukden, Sept. 9.-The Russo
Chinese bank at Mukden has been
closed and the civil authorities
are preparing to leave.
Toxic, Sept. "a private teIe-
I Agram received here today says a
small Russian expedition from
y toamchatka visited Senshu Island
: Morth Of the island of Hokaido,
amid in the absence of the men
Killed all the women and children
ard burned the houses. Official
ssonfirnaton is lacking.
4 Mukden, Sept.9.-All continues quie
#t Mukden. All anxiety regarding thu
Russian transport is over. The Jap
;anese have crossed the Shakhe ant
11a1e now resting. Only the Russian
and Japanese outposts are in direc
Scontact. Thousands of wounded Rus
Esians are being sent north.
Disposes of Rumors.
u London, Sept 9.-The above reas
Ssuring Associated Press dispatch filet
!shortly after midnight is the lates
word from the front. 1t disposes
many sensational rumors and ind
Gates that Oyama has failed to Gu
off or seriously interfere with the re
treating Russian army. which ha
safely arrived at Mukden.
An Orderly Retreat.
Mukden, Sept 9.-(Delayed.)-Th
Russian retreat here has been accom-
plished without losses and with tn
precision of a review.
Red Cross Does Great Work.
Z The accumulation of the wounde
rbetween Lao Yang and Mukden tes
! ed to the utmost the resources of tn
Red Cross society. Most of tn
transport was carried in the roughes
Kind of two wheeled carts but the a
4 cangements for providing the troop
with food along the line of the retrea
9gorhed magnificently From Angus
Id30 to September 4, 12,300 wounde
were treated in Red Cross amb,
ances, the Sisters of Mercy viein
with the doctors in physical courag
and resistance to fatigue.
MilIet Fields Aid Japs.
Much of the Japanese success is a
tributed to the mil.et fields, in whic
the Russians are not accustomed t
Nnaneuver
IN Lines of Communication Open.
st. Petersburg, Sept. "a dispatc
from Viceroy Alexietf announces tn;
the railroad and telegraph lines b
tween Harbin and Mukden are bot
Y uninterrupted.
Losses at Lao Yang.
4 Mukden, Sept. 7.-Delayed.) .)-Tt
correspondent of the Associated Pres
J who just returned to MuEden with II
p Russian rear guard after having a
comDanied the army the whole of tt
x time since the battle of Liao YAM
4 says the losses on both sides wei
enormous. AS moderate he plac'
them at $4,000.
Recalls American Battles.
The fighting at Lao Yang recalls
Z in fierceness the sanguinary battles
the American civil war. Kurok
\ flank movement east of the Russia
position precipitated the retreat fro
Liao Yang.
Roads Make Retreat Slow.
The conditions of the roads rendert
!, the retreat slow and troops anG horse
kiwere tired out The Japanese SCENE
feto lack enterprise and failed to reco
nize the serious situation of the Ru
sians. the morale of their troops ha
ing been severely tried.
Both Armies Tired.
A Japanese army of 10000 men
reported to be west of Muliden al
PAit is considered likely, in view OF ii
condition ct the twc armies. that he
h til.ties rnay be indefinitely prolong'
s8anless ths. Japanese arr able to pu:
n on and force the IipSSians e, siYe hs