Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-24
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Brief Notes Covering happenings Ia
This Country and Abroad That
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Al the People.
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InQuests have been begun over the
bodies Of the 1O1 victims Of the Ger
man warships at the Hartlepools, Scar
borough and Whitby. Eighty-two were
killed in Hartlepool and West Hartle-
pool, II In Scarborough and two In
Whitby. Two hundred and eighty.two
persons were wounded. OF these $50
were injured at the Hartlepools. 80 at
scarborough and two at Whitby.
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Announcement was o1iciSlly made
In Berlin that the German vessels
which bombarded HartlepoOl. Scar
borough and Whitby we're hit several
times by the coast batteries. Damage
was slight.
Mines sank four vessels on the coast
Of England. The Clearwater and the
Norwegian steamer Warren and an-
other vessel, thought to be- passen-
ger steamer, went down on Flam-
borough Head. Seven Of the crew Of
the Clearwater and Is Of the crew Of
the Warren were lost. The Princess
Olga was sunk 9 on Scarborough.
Eighteen men landed.
The London Daily Chronicle Dover
correspondent says the allies advanced
to Ostend yesterday after the shells
Of the allied warships made the Ger
man position there untenable.
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An of1cial announcement in Vienna
says the Russians are retreating along
the entire front in Galicia and Poland.
The people OF Berlin were aroused to
enthusiasm by the announcement Of
great Austro- German victory over
the Russians in Poland. II 10 known
now that thousands OF Russians have
been taken prisoners.
On his arrival at Rome, Prince Won
Buelow, ambassador To Italy, was In.
formed Of the bombardment of the
English coast. He said: This IL sim.
ply the prelude to what the German
feet is soon to undertake. which may
astonish the world" 49,
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K The following ofiicial communica-
tion was issued at Vienna: 'Our Of.
iensive in western Galicia has com.
PEELED the enemy to retreat. Our
troops reached Jaslo and Rajbrot. In
this advance We took $1,000 Russian
prisoners. EaF
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Forty men of the crew OF the Ger.
man cruiser Emden. who were left
on Cocos island. have captured . col.
lier, mounted two Maxims on It and
now are raiding commerce In the Pa
cinc.
\ Turkey has complied with the de-
mand Of Italy by returning the Brit
ish consul at Hodeida, Arabia, to the
Italian consulate. from which he had
been forcibly removed. and has made
an explanation. with the promise Of
punishment for those guilty OF the
breach Of diplomatic relations.
A retreat Of the German forces
which attempted to strike Warsaw
from the north was acknowledged In
an Official communication given out at
army headquarters in Berlin.
The offensive movement Of the
French and British. has become gen.
,eral and IL being pushed with strong
forces. particularly in FLANDERS, the
,Argonne. the Woeyre and Alsace.
While the French claim to have been
successful at all points except at
Steinbach, in Alsace, 1.-The German Of.
3ncial report says the allies attacks
have been unsuccessful at several
places. h,y:ssra ~ f.lg, ,r&'"
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y British warships have renewed their
activities against the Germans on the
Belgian coast and have bombardsd
'WeStende. which ID now held by the
kaiSer's troops. az
Lieutenant General Won streck has
died % Q result Of . wound received
while fighting In the west. The Der.
lin newspapers announce also the
death on the battlefield Of General Won
BTiesen and Maj. Cen. A. von Nor.
tin. y -
. Foreign j"'
y British steamer sharon has been
lost somewhere In the Atlantic. proba.
bly, with all on board 1t ID believed
she struck q mine on the coast Of Ire
Hand.
It has been decided to operate on
the kaiser's throat. but the operation
will have to be deferred for a time,
owing to the feverish condition Of the
royal patient
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Drawing q high wind and the terriac
c6l6 =. A. Thompson. an aviator Of
TIE army reserve corps, ascendod TO Z
height Of 5000 feet over the govern.
Sme0t cviation neld IN oakland
DefyinG the state Of Louisiana,
which 70 seeking to either oust Il or
have . receiver appointed 10 operate
" under the control Of the state. the