The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-16
GENERAL NEWS OF THE WAR
canadIan rrOOps on he Way.

Canadian Troops on the Way.
The major part OF Canada's latest
contingent OF $4,000 men for service
in Europe is already on its way TO the
front in 20 transports heavily armed
and guarded by British men-of-war in
sufficient force to prevent any attack
by German cruisers.
German Captive List Cut.
The Central News Agency at Lon
don has received the following dis
patch from Rome: "A message from
Berlin says the general staff. having
agreed TO the complete official lists OF
prisoners. has found il necessary to
admit that the total already an.
nounced was erroneous The aggre-
gate humber OF prisoners in German
hands is now reduced from 100000
to 10000, OF whom 10000 are Rus
SLAMS"
Beleians Capture Germans.
The Rotterdam Courant says that
Belgian troops are showing at many
places from which they have long
been absent. Two thousand Germans
were captured. it says. on September
23 between Malines and Aershot. Two
hundred officers among them will be
kept at Antwerp The remainder OF
the prisoners will 20 10 England
Italy already has nearly five hun.
dred thousand men under arms The
majority are camped in Lombardy.
U. S. Envoy Escapes Bombs.
The latest exploit of the German air
forces nearly created vacancies i'm the
United States diplomatic service.
A Taube aeroplane. profiting by the
autumnal haze. few unperceiyed over
Paris Sunday morning until II was
nearly above Eifel tower As Il
reached this point it dropped a bomb
which fell I'm the Avenue du Troca.
dero. making a hole in the macadam
roadway. In exploding IL killed an
aged solicitor and severely wounded
his granddaughter walking home with
him from church
The spot where the bomb exploded
was 200 yards from the chancellery OF
y
Herrick and Arthur H. Frazier. the
second secretary of the embassy.
walked over the spot where the bomb
exploded at 1880 on their way TO the
chancellery. and returning I'm an open
motor car passed over the same point
at ll'10. thereby missing the bomb by
five minutes.
Russians Occupy Przemysl.
The Russians are In Przemysl, ac-
cording TO a dispatch received at Lon
don from Petrograd. The Austrian
garrison has been obliged to concen-
trate exclusively In the eastern forts
and. with the triumphant entrance OF
the Russians into the city itself great !
numbers OF inhabitants followed the
Austrian soldiers and took refuge in
tho forts. For the garrison 10 hold for
many days is considered almost a
military impossibilitv
The Russians have captured the
city of Rzozsow
The line from Przemysl to Cracow
is now believed 10 be almost. n not
quite undefended. and the Russian
problem for the present is merely a
problem Of rapid marching and main
tanning a constant following Of supply
trains from the northeast
Tells Of German Casualties.
An oucial report. issued at Berlin.
gives the total German casualties
killed. wounded and mlssing-to date
as 104.5Se. a list Just issued an
nounces 10.527 casualties in addition
TO those previously reported
The tabulation of the figures covers
nearly four columns In the Berliner
Tageblatt. The total casualties in
clude: Killed. 1864; wounded. S.
sOs; missing. 2s.007.