The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-09-10

public works Is aiding the people tC
leave and is provii'us tree transpor
tat!on in n,auy cases.
After the Nurnberg.
Honolulu. Sept. s-The Matson Navi
gation Companys steamer Wilhelmins
| reverted on arrival here today that she
picked up wireless message from
the British dreadnaught. Australia
then in Hawaiian waters. saying that
she was in full chase of the German
cruiser Nurnberg, which left here Sep
TENDER L..
Russians Enter Czernowitz.
Petrograd, Sept. S.-A dispatch from
Bucharest, coming by way OF Odessa
nounces the entry Of Russian troops
into Czernowitz.
Still Fighting in Belgium.
London, Sept. 5.-Belgium. which
saw so many battles during the early
stages of the war, is again the scene
OF fighting. German advices indicate
that the Germans are completing a
half circle around Antwerp.
What was described as the arrow
head of the German army, which has
been slowly forcing its way through
Anglo French armies toward Paris, has
made further progress, according to
the German official report just issued,
aud has now driven the allies back
behind Condo.
La Fere has been captured without
resistance. -says the German state
lnent, and with the exception Of
manned deleted,, which, is nov being
attacked. and Naubeuse, which the
Germans have masked, the outpost
forts are coH in the fanis of the in
yaiars.
Cavalry Raids Near Paris.
Cavalry raids. too, are being made
in the direction of the Paris fortifi-
cations, slicil VIII. ii the German &C
counts are correct. be the next stop
If the allied armies
This news was a great disa 9point-
ment here. where earlier oft,c:a. re-
ports from Paris to tie effeat that
the Germans had suffered a check
near Verdun. led TO the hope that
the advance had at last been stopped.
Holding the Right Wing.
In Lorraine and the Vosses region.
where the German forces were weak
.ne1 to strengthen their right flank,
the French appear to be holding their
o"u, ii NOT making an advance.
The allies take some consolation
from the TACT that the Russian defeat
of the Austrians around Lembers.
@lich town has flllen into the hands
# the Russian emperor's army. with
t.; immense stock of war material and
The possession of Lemberg gives the
Russians base from which they can
work and from which they can attack
in the rear the Austrian army which
has been invading Russian territory.
In battle lasting almost fort
night the Austrians have suffered, ter
rbla losses. twelve thousand have
fallen in one place alone. while the
Russian general claims to have taken
thousands of prisoners and two hun
drei guns. The Austrian retreat, it
appears from official adyices has
been turned into rout.
Drawing In On Paris.
Paris. Sept. 5.-The war office at
Bordeaux sent the following communi-
cation to the Press Bureau here: "On
our left the enemy appears to neglect
Paris to pursue its turning movement.
It has reached La Ferte- Sous-J ouarre,
Department of Seine and Marne.
eleven miles east of Meaux, passed
Rheims and descended on the west
bank 81 the river in Argonne. This
maneuver has not succeeded more
than on preceding days. On our right
in Lorraine and in Vosges the-~fight-
ing proceeds with alternative firings.
Maubeuge. which Is being violently
BON barded, resists vigorously"
Japs May Advance.
Washington. Sept. Examinations
have come to many European diplo-
mats in Washington that hostilities
may be extended not only to Italy and
the Balkans. should Turkey enter the
field, but to the Caucasus. Persia,
Egypt and India as we'll. In such
event the presence of Japanese troops
and fleets in western Asia. particular
ly to assist England In either India
or Persia, would not be surprising. &C.
cording to diplomats representing the
allied powers.
Both Sides Lose Heavily.
London. Sept 5.-The Standards
Paris correspondent in a telegram says
that the losses ofthe French northern
army, which has been operating in
Belgium and between Paris and the
Franco-Belgian frontier are estimated
ut about 100000 killed, wounded and
missing. 1t is assumed that the ma
jority of the missing are dead and the
total number OF dead Is said to ex-
coed 10000.
The German losses cannot be esti-
mated with the same probability Of &C
curacy. but 1t IL believed that the Ger
man forces opposing this part of the
French army must have lost fully $780,
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