The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-24
RESIDENTS or THREE
VILLAGES BUTCHERED
Horrible Massacre Of Servants
BY Turkish Bands Reported
In London.

49, OCI. 49, EklSl OdIluS lO~
day massacred the Inhabitants OF the
Servian villages southwest OF Krushe-
vatz, according to q dispatch from Bel
grade. The Turks crossed the Seryian
frontier from the Novipazar district
attacked the villages and retired.
The advance OF the Montenegrin
ernay on Scutari has been checked by
Turks commanded by Essnd Pasha, ac-
cording to- a dispatch from Salonild.
The M~ontnegrins are said to be in o
critical position as 10000 Albanian
tribesmen are cooperating with the
Turks.
Pasha has been taken by the Bulgarian
army corps which Is now marching on
the great fortress Of Adrianople. The
Turks were driven back all along the
line.
The advance on Mustapha Pasha was
watched by King Ferdinand from a
frontier. The king congratulated the
troops and decorated many Of the
wounded men.
Several Towns Taken.
The Bulgarian troops nave also
| crossed the frontier at other points and
have captured the small towns OF
Tsareyoselo. Garnia and D1uma.a 9th
er columns rave penetrated through the
passes Of the Rhodope mountains and
RANAS AAU aSA1SS
under Governor SAVIOR. the COM
mander In chief of the Bulgarians oc-
cupied one after another OF the FORTH
fed positions around the town Of
Mustapha Pasha last night, which tt
self finally fill into their hands. There
was considerable sharp lighting.
HALF MILLION TROOPS
TO ENGAGE IN BATTLE
London, Oct. 22.-EIalf a million men,
| armed with the deadliest of modern
war implements, r gathering In
| Adrianople today for what military
men anticipate will be a long and
The Bulgarian army, estimated to
number 100000 men, reinforced by &c.
| 600 Servians, as soo as war was de-
clared, began to fight it's way In three
columns through the mountain passes
which divide the Balkan states from
Turkish territory The Bulgars sue
ceeded In driving back the Turkish
The Turks already have 200, 900 men
in position and thousands more are
arriving daily at the front, so that
while their adversaries for h mo-
ment have some advantage in numbers,
the two forces when they meet viii be
nearly equal.
The drama on which the curtain Is
rising Is practically cut off from the
view of the rest OF the world, as the
chiefs OF staff OF the various armies
have imposed a strict censorship,
sERviANs RoUT TURKS :
AND CAPTURE CoLoRs
Belgrade, Oct. GA Servian column
commanded by General Jaukovitch,
captured the Turkish entertainments al
the village of Podujevo, near Metrovit-
"a, on the road to Pristine, during the
night. The Turks, with their Arnaut
auxiliaries, retired toward the soHth
leaving their colors, several cases roi
ammunition, so oxen and a large guam
tity of forage.
Turkish prisoners taken by the Ser.
II vians say there were no regular Turk
ish troops engaged, the Ottoman forces
at Podujevo consisting Of two provi.
sional regiments of reserves and si1
three batteries Of artillery. 81
No details are given as to casualties
REGIMENT ExTERMiNATED.
London, oct. 22.-The seventh regi
ment of Servian infantry Is reported
to have been virtually exterminated+b b!
the explosion Of Turkish land mines
trict of LoyipazaT, according to a new
agency dispatch from Belgrade.
RED CROSS TO AID.
Berlin, Oct. 22.-.The German Rex
Cross society today. sent a surgeon AM
% nurses to Turkey to assist in carinI
for the wounded. s--rl. o.,
German officers employed In tn
Turkish service have been forbidden Il
participate in the war unless they re
sign their commissions in the German
army.
TURKS ABANDON TOWN:
FLEE FROM BULGARIAN,
Sofa, Oct. 22.-The occupation OF tn
Turkish town ofsMustapha Pasha b,
two batalions OF infantry last nigh
Is reported in q dispatch from tn
front. r. @.'
The Turkish troops are said to hav
abandoned the town before the arriVa
of the Bulgarians, ~~ ~
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