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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
Petrograd Dispatches Report
that Big Austrian Fort is
Under Heavy Siege
by the Russians.
WINTER HITS FRANCE
month-Long Struggle for Channel
Ports Stacks Up-There Is
Much Suffering In the
Flooded Trenches.
(SumMaly of EaeAfs.)

a special dispatch from Petro-
grad says that the advance of the
Russians toward Cracow, Austria,
Is overcoming all obstacles, both
the difficulty of the passes and
the desperate resistance of the
Austrians. Cracow is entirely be-
sIeged on the northeast. \ sortic
from Przemysl has been repulsed
by Russian artillery and cavalry,
which inflicted severe losses on
the Austrians.
Winter Now in East Prussia.
In the eastern arena OF war winter
has set in and the mountains where
the troops are facing each other are
now covered with snow.
The Russians, continuing their en-
Feloping movement around East
Prussia. have entered Rypin, which is
west OF Soldau and on the road to
Thorn; so that they have almost sur
rounded Emperor Williams north
eastern and favorite province.
Just south of Rypin, however, the
Germans have taken the offensive
from Thorn and claim to have infict-
ed a defeat on the Russians near
Wloclawek. on the Nistula river.
Check the Retreat.
Military observers say the Germans
apparently have checked their retreat
in Poland and by counter attacks are
endeavoring to create a diversion.
They say, however, that the Russians
are not to be turned from their plan,
which is believed to be an attack on
Danzig
Russian Advance Continues.
Five great Russian armies continue
to roll forward in advances into East
Prussia and Galicia
With the occupation OF Johannis-
burg. the Russian forces got the key
to the railway lines along the border
from Stalluponen, through Lyck, with
Johannesburg as the southern terminal.
In Galicia the investment of Przemysl
has been resumed with the Russian
army encircling the fortress on three
sides. The southernmost point is at
Turka, with the line stretching north
east and then around to Rzeszow, to
the west of Przemysl.
ne army approaching tracOW from
Poland is now declared to be at the
outer defenses. The official state
ments place the main body of this
force within twenty to twenty-five
miles OF the city.
Between Thursday and Sunday the
German Wirballen army transferred
its main forces from the right TO the
left flank, where a furious battle is
still in progress.
Trying to Crush Servans.
A dispatch from Berlin says the
Austrian general STAFF has ordered an
offensive movement with all possible
force against the Seryians in the hope
of ending the Balkan phase of the war
before winter sets in and so releasing
further Austrian troops for service
against the Russians
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
Bombardment Kills $50.

A dispatch from Athens says the
Turks lost $50 men and two guns de
stroyed in the bombardment of the
forts of the Dardanelles. The former
German cruisers Goeben and Breslau,
which now fly the Turkish flag, have
re-entered the Bosphorus.
Allies Take Turkish Forts.
The British admiralty announces
the successes of operations against
the Turkish garrison at Sheikh-
Said on the Strait of Babel
Mandeb, at the entrance of the Gulf
of Alden, and of the occupation of the
Turkish forts at Turba by Indian
troops, assisted by the British cruiser,
Duke of Edinburgh.
Rioting in Turkey.
1t is learned that a conspiracy has
broken out at Constantinople against
the Germans and among the Turks.
The chief conspirators were arrested
and shot.
Civil War in Albania.
The town of Berat. Albania, has
been pillaged and completely destroy
ed. Anarchy reigns at Aviona, Alba
mia, and that region is prey to CIVIL
war.
Turks Will RetaIiate.
The commander of the Turkish
forces at BEIRUT, in a formal note ad-
dressed to the American consul gen
eral. and intended for the British and
French governments, declares that for
every Musselman killed in the bom-
1 G :,
port three British or French subjects
will be Immediately killed The Turk
ish note says, moreover, that the COM
mander declined to take the response
mility for any uprising against Chris.
tians. which might ensue from such
bombardment.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
GERMANS SWEPT
AWAY IN FLOODS
TEUTONS PLUNGE WAlST-OEEP IN
WATER TO ATTACK ALLIES
TRENCHES.
DEADL0CKED
RUSSIANS DECLARE THEY HAVE
BROKEN DUAL ALLIANCE AND
ARE PURSUING ENEMIES,

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Copenhagen, Nov. 19.-An all dag
naval engagement in the Baltic is re-
ported off the island of Gothland. II
is believed the Germans and Russians
are engaged
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21

chill Thursday and pneumonia rapidly
developed. His great age, eiGhty-two
years, initiated against his recovery,
the crisis in the disease coming
quickly
The news of the death OF Lord Rob-
erts came as an entire surprise to Eng
land. The veterans devotion to the
interests of his army, his hard work in
this connection and his seeming good
health had been the subject of COM
ment since the beginning of the war
He was the most popular military fig
ure in Great Britain and a national
hero without rival in the affections of
the people.
Despite his years, he had never
ceased hard work since his nominal re-
tirement, and, as he had often re-
marked, he lived rigidly abstemious
life that he might preserve his strength
for the service of his country.
During the last five or six years,
when the German war cloud had been
growing. he prosecuted an active cam
paign to persuade the nation to adopt
compulsory military service.
itiu W al ohtil Ikopti 70 htu ud9
and night for the welfare of the sol
diers from the outbreak of the war. He
took the greatest interest in the Indi-
ans and issued an appeal for funds for
their wounded and sick.
The government. it is expected, will
offer a tomb in Westminster Abbey or
St. Pauls, for the empires foremost
soldier.
Roberts of kandahar, Pretoria and
Waterford" as Field Marshal Lord
Frederick Sleigh Roberts was known,
sums up briefly the career of the noted
soldier whose death has plunged the
empire into mourning.
Scion of noble Irish family, Lord
Roberts was born in 1892 in Cawnpore.
India, where his father. General Sir
Abraham Roberts, was serving.
1t was in the Indian service that the
gallant and efficient Irish soldier
achieved his first and lasting fame. 1t
was in South Africa, in his later years,
that this was supplemented and magni-
fled by his achievements in Great Brit
aims victorious campaign against the
Beers.
But, If it was as field marshal and
earl that Lord Roberts was formally
known, it was as "BobS" that the men
of the ranks knew him, loved hin and
greeted him. In their estimation, and
in that of the admiring public, which
appreciated and applauded his gallant
services for his country, no name
could fit him better than this diminu-
tive of his family name-and a word
meaning hero" in Hindu.
Ammons and Carlson Return.
Denver.-GovernOr and Mrs. Am
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
Ammons and Carlson Return.

mons and Goyernor-Elect and Mrs.
Carlson returned to Denver from
Madison, Wis, where they attended
the annual Governors Conference.
I'VE had a great trip" said Governor
Ammons, land there was a good deal
of interest displayed by the governors
in the questions which were discussed.
Governor-elect Carlson was made the
chairman of one session. Governor
Spry of Utah read as fine paper as
I have ever heard upon western land
problems"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21

The United States is this year
spending $4o,O0o.0o0 for new church
buildings.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON

Sir VI liam aoCertson, who began
his military career as an enlisted man,
has been made lieutenant general Of
the British army on the continent.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-21
Trying to Crush Servians.

A dispatch from Berlin says the
Austrian general staff has ordered an
offensive movement with all possible
force against the Seryians in the hope
of ending the Balkan phase of the war
before winter sets in and so releasing
further Austrian troops for service
against the Russians.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-09-22

Inc Ruy ID -Dd1e movement
The Geo. E. Nissen Conpany--the oldest wagon max
in America have instructed Gregoryood Live Stock
Company purchase the first bale cotton brought to
Lancaster in "Nssen wagon per pound cash
Now bring your cotton and if you do get here
first The GregoryHood Live Stock Company will take
off your hands at the price, applying note
count in trade
We leading and helping the farmer fight his bat
e others will join in the chorus and in few days the very
"Weln will sing song of victory for the cotton farmer
Every bale sodtous many bales removed from
the market for such length of time that the general market
will be 10 or IL cents per pound
If all the merchants fertilizer Dealers stock dealers anc
individuals making advances farmers will follow ex
ample it will remove 65 per of the cropfrom
Come One---come aL---and let's pull together.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
MODERN LIVING COMES HIGH
Observer Thinks There Are Too
Many Necessities" in Demand
at the Present Time.

One of the reasons for the cost of
living" observes a wise clubman,
lies in the fact that people buy
wholly unnecessary things. l had a
conversation with the proprietor of a
novelty shop in Fifth avenue a few
days ago. A shiny object had attract.
ed my attention, and inquired about
it's use.
These said the proprietor, are
gilded pincers to pick up letters one
has placed on the l~etter-scales.'
And that ivory stick, carved and
forked at the end?'
People use that to fish out things
they have dropped into carafes.'
THAT square of morocco, about
the size of a nut-what is that for?'
That's a tampon-used to press
down stamps after sticking them on
envelopes
That ornamental box with a whole
battery of little brushes?'
Those are to clean other brushes;
brushes to clean hair-brushes, brushes
to clean tooth-brushes.' New York
Evening Post.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
rravesty on Real Falstaff.

Yarmouth has a claim upon all Eng
lishmen quite independently of it's as
sociations with the breakfast bloater,
remarks a writer in st. Nicholas. For
1t was the home of Shakespeare's Fal-
staff, who appears to have been a man
of exemplary piety. The Falstaffs
were an old Yarmouth family.
"a Falstolfe or Falstaff," writes
John Richard Green, was bailiff of
Yarmouth in 1881. Another is among
the first of it's representatives in par
lament, and from that the members
of that family filled the highest mu-
nicipal offices. John Falstolfe, a man
of considerable account in the town,
purchased lands at the close of the
fourteenth century in Castor, and be.
came the father Of Sir John Falstolfe,
who, after a distinguished military ca
reer. vas luckless enough to give his
name to Shakespeare's famous char
acter. In Yarmouth, however, he was
better known as a benefactor to the
great church of st. Nicholas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
Famous Repartee.
From Harper's Weekly.


Recently we have been confessing to
a liking for special repartees. Here are
a few more that meet our personal no.
ton of that kind of wit:
When Sydney Smith was advised to
have his portrait painted by Landseer,
he asked:
rs thy servant a dog that he should
do this thing?"
The same Sydney Smith, who, you
will remember. was a clergyman, was
in an argument. His opponent, pro-
voked, cried out: IF I had a son who
was an idiot. / would make him a par
SON."
Your father replied Smith, was Of
a different opinion"
A story is told of Henry Clay that is
also applied to earlier history to a
member of parliament A longwinded
member of congress said: You, sir,
speak for the present generation, but 1
speak for posterity."
1T seems" replied Clay, you are re-
solved to speak until your audience ar
rives."
Also In this connection the following
comes to mind:
The duchess Of Gordon-Have you
been talking as much nonsense as
usual, Mr.. Pitt?
Pitt am not sure, but I think that
since l saw YOU grace I have not
heard so much.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
JEWS May RECOVER
STATE OF PALESTINE
England and Russia For Politi.
cal Reasons Would Favor
Great Restoration.

London. Especially One result of the
present war may be the realization OF
the dream of centuries past-the set
ting up Of Palestine as an independent
5s"lsh state. Both England n Rus,
STA will favor the project, says the
London Globe-England, because a
small neutral state in the holy LAND
VIII be the best possible protection to
euez and Egypt; Russia, because it
VIII make the way easier for her to
settle certain Jewish problems within
her own borders. Continuing. the
Globe says:
The events of HI moment show
now Immediately Egyptian integrity is
1mperlled by the fact tina a right of
way through Palestine is open to a
hostlle power. Palestine must become
eithef British or neutral. There is an
OBVIOUS political objection to a British
Neutrality is the more de-
slrable solution.
But If Palestine is to become neu-
ual, VINO is to govern it? Directly
that question is raised the claim of the
Jews forces itself upon our attention.
we nave to deal with the remarkable
lact that q people, which lost it's coun-
try over 1900 years ago, still cherishes
.he memory Of that loss, and links the
nope or recovery with it's deepest re-
ligious instincts.
Here. then, we nave two influences
al work Tor the re-establishment of a
Jewish state-the British desire for a
neutral Palestine. and the territorial.
instinct of the Jews themselves. There
is a third influence. Russia mas pledged
herself to the re-establishment Of an
autonomous Poland under the car.
But In Poland. as we know it now,
there is one obvious obstacle to the
development of a Polish state strong
IN ITS national consciousness, and that
is the presence of a large Jewish ele-
ment. All who know Russian Poland
Will agree that a settlement of the
Jewish question is essential to the
omplete success of the great scheme
TO Which Russia is pledged, and will
recognize that 1t is precisely to the
Polish Jews that the Reconstruction of
the Jewish state would make the
strongest appeal"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
COSTLY METHOD OF REVENGE
Procedure in Europe Reminded An
drew Carnegie Of a Somewhat
Humorous incident

Andrew Carnegie, in a recent inter.
view on peace, said to q New York
reporter:
"a lad twenty killed a man and
woman in Sarajevo. All Europe II now
fighting to avenge this wrong. Eng
land alone is spending $4,000 q min
ute, according to Sidney Webb. ON gun
powder.
We'll, this is such an expensive way
to avenge a wrong that it reminds NJ
of the man at the banquet.
"a man entered the cloakroom, at
the end of a banquet. and began q
smash in silk hat after silk hat
"'Hold on, boss! What fo' yo' snasl-
in all dem high hats?' demanded Tie
attendant.
"'I'm looking for my own" the Co.
tleman answered. It's an opera hat
collapsible, you know. None Of tAeso
seem to be it,"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
Mind Forewarns Dancer.

Edward B. Warman, A. M, in Nautilus.
1t is often remarked by skeptics: We
near OF SO many things-after they oc-
cur, why do we seldom hear Of them
previous to the occurrence?
l. give this n caSe to meet this
crltlclsm. 1t was in the Eighties 1
mad decided to leave the city on the 8
p. m. train to attend the dramatic fes-
tlval at Cincinnati, Ohio. During the
afternoon was strongly impressed
that the train would meet with an &C
cldent, but 1 was not warned to omit
the Journey. | related the incident to
my skeptical friends while at dinner,
and Informed them thai they would
probably see an account of it in the
daily papers on the morrow; and l
hoped they would remember tina l had
predicted it hours before the occur
renee.
While they smiled-the smile of the
skeptic-at the same time they thought
L was foolish to go. Why did I? Be
cause, by the same means that I knew
there would be a wreck, l knew, in this
case, no harm would come to me.
The train pulled out one hour late
and to make up that time was running
at the rate of SO miles an hour, when,
suddenly, it jumped the track and as
suddenly stopped within about 50 feet.
The shock was indescribable. Without
going into the details l will merely say
una came out unscathed-as l knew
l would. Tell me-: how did this knowl-
edge OF the accident come to me fully
six hours before it occurred? 1t was
a clear case of independent clairvoy-
ance received effectively by impress
sion. You understand, I am not saying
one must be a ~clairvoyant in order to
get these warnings-I am not a clair
voyant-but it is only a matter Of de-
veloping the power hat is possessed
hV cVorVOnp-A mower living latent Lat
me say once more that the subjective
mind possesses the power to perceive
that which is not within the range OF
the objective vision, and in cases Of
impending danger will make a mighty
effort to reach the objective mind either
by direct impression, If one is suffi-
GENTLY passive, or by dreams or
visions.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
Suited Either Way.


Miss Lucy Price, C%leyeland's lesd-
ing a%ntisuffrage speaker, tells Of q
funny incident which happened In Now
England while she was campaigning
there. She was walking down the
street after having made what she
thought was a particularly effective
talk against suffrage when q woman
stopped her.
Miss Price," she said, Il want TO
tell you how much l liked your speech.
1t was one of the best | ever heard"
Il am so glad you are with u.s." 10,
sponded Miss Price, and l hope you
will come to our other a~ntisufragG'
meetings"
"Oh," exclaimed the astonisheAI
woman, Il thought that was a suffrage
meeting you spoke at"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL you
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No snarting-.
Just Eye comfort. Write for Book OF the I'VE
By mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
Wouldn't Stand for 1t.

She wore a determined look as she
entered the drug store.
Look here, young man, if a tall
man with a red mustache comes and
asks you for a prescription you're not
to let him have it."
Really, madam, L"
mo, you mustn't let him have it
on any account. He's come here for
a month, and says he wants some
thing to improve his appetite. He's
boarding at my establishment, young
man"
And with a muttered threat the
landlady passed from the shop leav-
ing the druggists assistant pale and
trembling.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
His onIy Possession,

All Rogers was travelling through a
lonely section in the suburbs of Bos-
ton one night. a short while ago when
ton one night, a short while ago, when
he was startled by hearing this pite.
u appeal:
"Will the kind gentleman please
help a Door unfortunate man? L"
At this point AL felt to locate his
watch. The other continued:
Il have nothin' in the world but this
loaded revolver"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
At the First Sians

OF falling hair get Cuticura. 1t
works wonders. Touch spots of dan
druff and itching with Cuticura ONT
ment, and follow next morning with a
hot shampoo of Cuticura Soap. This
at once arrests falling hair and pro-
notes hair growth. For free sample
each with 32-p. Skin Book, address
post card: Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston.
Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
CONTINUED next week.)
Historical Books of the War.
Albert Bushnell Halt in The outloo

ALBERT Busflnell Halt In The Outlook.
We Americans need to realize that
the reigning houses in the great ma
lions. are part Of the national make
up; that a HohenZollern or a Roman
off is a link in a long historical chain;
that the experiences Of those royal
houses are a part Of the assets of
their countries. A week sovereign in
strengthened by the glory of his an
cestors-a glory taught to children in
the schools. On the other hand, we see
the relgning houses sometimes re-
great ministers, whose successes are
also a part of the national treasure
house. The memory and the ambitions
of Bismarck, Cavour, and Gladstone are
factors in the present we because they
helped to shape forces which are still
working, long after they are dead
The political system Of the great
European monarchies seems to use old
fashioned, ~outgrown, a dead weight;
but to the nations concerned it is bone
of their bone n flesh Of their flesh.
They support William, and Francis
Joseph, and Nicholas. and Moham-
med. the Insignificant, because in that
way they are sharing in the glory ana
power of Frederick the Great, and
Peter, n Charles v, and Suleiman the
Magnificent.
Yet all nations are made up of in
divlduals, and not of kings. The cause
of the present war are not personal, nor
national, no even racial; every power
at war wants something which it has
not, whether territory IN Europe, or col
onies, OF influence in Asia, or world
domination. The peoples n their
governments are simply parts of the
same national organizations; neither
can be separated from the other. and
the war a be understood only If we
see that the present state of things
is the resultant of forces, ambitions,
and rivalries which have been GO
ing on for centuries and which will
not cease when peace is made.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
Our kinship With Birds.

Margaret sherwood IN the Atlantic.
The nearest, yet the farthest, or our
~neighbors, one feels a Wistful sense Of
kinship with them. and yet, the dis
tances. the distances! Wordsworth's
Stay near me-do not take thy flight!
A little longer stay in sight!
in his poem to a butterfly suggests
something of the baffled longing for
companionship that marks our inter-
curse with winged creatures. They
only, Of all living things, know to TIE
full this migratory instinct that lies
deep in human nature, the need of new
horizons, the deep recurrent stirring at
the heart in spring. They fit on the
edges of u humaneness, akin, yet not
near of kin, piquiag our desire, quick
ening our sense of wonder. One
watches them with dim understanding,
and with unconfessed or unrealized
envy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
CHAPTER xv1.-(continued>

He glanced at the shattered window.
and l understood to whom he thought
that and belonged.
"Besides,'I protested, "how would he
get in? How would he get away? What
was he after, if he left the letters be-
hindu" Then I rose YEARLY. Il must
be getting back to the office" I said
This is Saturday, and we close at ,.
Are you coming?"
NO." he answered.; "if you don't
mind, I'll sit here a while longer and
think things over, Lester. Perhaps I'll
blunder on to the truth yeti"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24

Refusing to take a dare, Mrs. Marie
Morgan, of Sedalia, Mo-, made a balloon
ascension to the height of 1920 feet
from which she dropped to the ground
in safety with a parachute.
Miss Charlotte j. Kuchne, of St
Louis, recently passed an examination
for a nurse with an average of 97.1
per cent, being the highest mark made
by any woman in h state OF Missouri
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
CHAPTER XVIII.
I PART wITH THE BOULE CAB.
MET

The coroner's inquest was held next
day, and my surmise proved to be cor
rect. h police had discovered prac-
tically no new evidence; non certainly,
which shed any light on the way in
which Drouet and Philip Vantine had
met death. Each Of the witnesses told
his story much as 1 have told it here.
and. it was evident that the jury was
bewildered by the seemingly mex
tricable tangle Of circumstances.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
That's Eas

That's Easy.
who was the first lightning calcu-
lator?"
Ben Franklin and his kite"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-12-24
The Drun,mer's Work.

The Drummer's Work.
Are these moving pictures Of The
wal authentic?"
"Of course. All but the rumble Of
artillery. That's initiated by the
drummer"