The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-03
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was upwards Of 100000 bst6fe the
present war.
VisTULA RIVER One Of the CHIEF
rivers OF Europe, rising in austria
flowing through Russian Poland, by
way of warsaw, and crossing West
Prussia from south to north, and hav-
ing its mouth in the Gulf OF Danzig.
At Thorn, where it crosses the Rus
sian German frontier, there are heavy
Notifications, as there are at many
other points from there to the gulf.
BROMBERG-A city In northeastern
Germany, in the province of Posen.
seven miles west OF the Vistula river
and the west Prussian boundary IL
is located on the Bromberg canal,
which connects the Brahe and the
Netze rivers and thus establishes COM
inunication between the Yistula, the
Oder and the Elbe. The population OF
Bromberg is about $4,000 Its indus
tries are principally. iron-works, ma
chine shops, paper factories and -four
mills.
Bfomberg holds an important stra-
tegic position, being one of the de
lenses along the Vistula river from
the frontier town of Thorn to the Gulf
OF Danzig. 1t was Polish prior to 1927,
when it was taken by the Germans.
It was retaken by the Poles in, 1S43.
and during the centuries that followed
1t suffered so much from war and pes
thence that in 1879, when the Germans
again took possession of II, its pop
Iilation had fallen to less than 600
Inhabitants. Later 1t was transferred
to the duchy of Warsaw, where it re-
NAMED until occupied by the Russians
in 1913. Two years later it vas re-
stored to Prussia.
ODER RIVER-One of the most inn
portant rivers OF Germany, rising in
Austria-Hungary and flowing north
west through Breslau, Frankfurt and
Stettin to the Baltic Sea. At its near
est point. lit is thirty-flve miles from
the heart Of Berlin, to the northeast.
About 40 miles of its length are navi-
gable for barges The Oder Is heavily
fortified in its northern reaches and is
regarded as the point of final stand of
the German army in case of an attack
upon Berlin from the east.
PoSEN-Capital of the province of
Posen, Prussia, situated In a wide and
sandy plain at the confluence OF the
Cybina and the Warthe rivers, 150
miles east OF Berlin and thirty-hve
miles from the Russian Poland from
tier. The city lies at the center OF
network OF railroads connecting 1t with
Berlin, Breslau, Thorn, Kreuzburg
and Schneidenmuh1 its population in
the sixteenth century reached so, 600,
but sank to- 900 in the e, eighteenth
century. Today. it has approximately
1 so 600 Inhabitants. The inner line OF
Notifications was removed in 1902 and
the city has been completely; modern
ICED. Posen is the headquarters, of
the Fifth army corps and. in times OF
peace, has a garrison OF 5000 men
The manufacturing of machinery, FUR
niture, spirits. sugar and beer aresits
principal industries.
OsTERoDEn East Prussfan
town of about II, 900 inhabitants sew
.enty-fiye miles. by rail northeast Of
Thorn and twenty miles west OF Alien
stein. on Lake Drewenz, and at the
junction OF lines to Mcneil, Elbing and
Schonsee. It is thirty-three miles north
of the Russian Poland boundary. Os-
terode has castle built by the leu
tonic knights IN 1870. The manufac-
tures are machinery, beer, spirits anc
bricks.
MARIENBURG- "A town IN West
Prussia, few miles east OF the VS.
tuIa river, ana twenty miles south OF
the Gulf of Danzfg: It is situated in
s fertile plain on the right bank OF
the Nogat, tributary of the Vistula,
and has population of about 10000
II contains large chemical wool-clean-
ing works. and is the seat of important
horse. cattle and wool markets. For
q century and q half it was the resi-
dence of the grand masters OF the Teu-
tonic order, q religious organization
which controlled that region. On the
decline OF that order in the middle OF
the fifteenth century, !. their castle
passed into the hands of the Poles. It
was allowed to fall into. decay by them,
but has been restored by the Ger
mans, and is now one Of the most I'M
portant secular buildings dating from
the Middle Ages
KONIGsBERG-On One of Gernany's
strongest fortified cities. with pop
ulation of about $50, 600. The foTti-
fications. begun in 1913, were not COM
uleted until 1905. They consist of an
inner wall brought into connections
with outlying fortidcatIons and twelve
detached forts The protected position
az the laarbor makes Konigsberg one
Of the important commercial cities of
Germany. The industries consist of
large printing works, locomotive
works. machine shops, toy, sugar, cell
fdiose, tobacco and cigar factories, and.
4eadacrse md Nervousness curea.
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