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The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
TUESDAY.

simultaneously with the appearance
OF King George V. with his troops In
France, the Germans have begun a
new heavy attack along the User, ac.
cordlng to an unofficial dispatch to
London
stubborn fighting still continues be.
tween the Russians and Germans in
central Poland, near Lowicz. appar
entiy without decisive results. Petro.
grad says German attacking force
mas Deen repulsed near Rzeszow, Ga
llcia. Vienna confirms Russian claims
that the cars troops have crossed the
Carpathitns, by reporting a Russian
defeat at Homena, Hungary.
According to dispatch from Con-
stantinople, Turkish forces are invad-
ing Asiatic Russia, and are within
seven miles Of the port of Batum, on
the Black sea.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
WEDNESDAY.


The British battleship Bulwark was
DESTROYED in the Thames river, thirty
five miles east of London, by an ex.
plosion. 1t is estimated that 750 lives
were lost. Only fourteen men were
saved The British admiralty believes
the explosion occurred in the Bul'
wark's magazine.
Crushed by the overwhelming force
of the Russians, General Won Hinden.
burg's army in Poland Is in full re-
treat, which, Petrograd dispatches
say, approaches a rout. One army
corps 100000 men) has been captur
ed, while another corps is reported
to have been cut to pieces and dis.
persed. Further south, the Russians
are reported to be within twelve miles
of Cracow.
Dixmude, in Flanders, has been re.
taken by French marines after bril-
liant charge, and the Germans are re
ported to have been driven back sew.
en- miles at this point of the battle
line. The French movement toward
Metz is reported to threaten the Ger
man position at st. Mihiel.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
AUSTRIANS TAKE BEL GRADE

Servian Capital Falls to Foe on Sixty.
sixth Anniversary of Emperor.
Austrian troops have occupied Bel
grade, the former capital city of Ser
via.
The occupation of the city was an
nounced in a telegram to Emperor
Francis Joseph from General Frank,
+. commander of the Fifth Army corps.
The message follows:
"On the occasion of the sixty-sixth
anniversary of your reign permit me
to lay at your feet the information
that Belgrade was occupied by the
Fifth Army corps"
The city of Belgrade, which was
the capital of Servia until the seat of
government was removed shortly af-
ter the outbreak of the war, has been
under attack by the Austrians much
of the time for the last four months.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
TURKS LEVY $4,000
ON AMERICAN SCHOOL
Demand Big Payment From
College in Beirut

According to advices from Beirut,
Syria, the Turks have demanded $780,
900 from DR.. Bliss, principal of the
American college in that city, says a
dispatch to the London Times from
Cairo.
The Turks declined DR.. Bliss offer
of $4,000 for full settlement of the
claims they made.
The war has brought about an ap-
palling state of affairs in the Ottoman
empire.
The Turks appear to have become
everywhere thieves and brigands at
the expense of the Subjects of the al.
lied nations. Il
The Paris LIE Temps gives melan-
choly picture of conditions in Syria
All steamers and boats at Beirut have
been sunk to prevent the allies from
eventually using them. Even a German
steamer which brought a,cargo of dy-
Mantle and explosives suffered the
same fate.
The only boat which escaped was
an Austrian ship, which preferred to
risk capture and started just as the
Turks were about to scuttle her.
All persons leaving Beirut are be-
ing searched and allowed to take
away only e8 ($40), and other sum
they may have being confiscated as a
war tax.
At Jaffa all Europeans of promi.
'nence were imprisoned. Jaffa is now
like dead city. The able-bodied pop,
ulation has been modified and all
provisions requisitioned.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
SUNDAY.

The Germans resumed their often
sive in the region of Arras, but were
repulsed, says the French communi~
cation. Near Ypres the allies cap
tured several important German po
sitions. On the remainder of the bat
tie front there was little action.
In Poland the Russians announce
that they have made some gains, but
they were meeting with a vigorous
resistance in the region of Strykow.
Berlin dispatches say there has
been little fighting in either zone of
the war and that the Germans main.
tain strong positions.
Germany has paid $37,500 indemnity
to Luxembourg, presumably as a re.
compense for violation of the duchy's
neutrality.
Berlin officially announces that
Kaiser Wilhelm has gone to the front
in the eastern war zone and will di.
rect personally the campaign against
the Russians.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
SATURDAY.

Continued advance by the Russian
armies between the Vistula and the
Warthe rivers, in Poland, and also to-
ward the city of Cracow, is reported
from Petrograd Near Cracow the
Austrian forces are reported to be re-
treating in rout. The Austrians are
reported to have evacuated Czerno
WITT. Unofficial dispatches from Ber
lin say the Germans are holding their
own in the vicinity of Lodz and Low.
icz, where they have been very hard
pressed.
The Anglo-French allies are rein.
forcing their armies in Flanders.
Heavy artillery firing is reported
from that section, and also in the
Champagne district, on the southern
front of the battle line in France.
Reports reaching Paris say that the
German battleship Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse has been sunk by mine
in the Baltic sea and that the German
cruiser Hertha also hes been sunk.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
MONDAY.

A battle rivaling in intensity the
struggle on the Aisne is in progress
In Poland, according to unofficial dis.
patches to London. Notwithstanding
the claim of victories made by bith
Berlin and Petrograd, the Russian
and German armies are deadlocked in
a gigantic combat these dispatches
say, the outcome of which is still in
doubt
Progress by the allies at certain
points is Belgium is reported officially
In Paris. In that section of the west.
ern battle front the Germans are said
to be on the defensive. To the south.
ward, between Ypres, Belgium, and
Arras, France, the kaiser is said to
have massed 100000 men for another
effort to pierce the allies lines and
make drive for the French coast.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
GERMANS nlW
DRIVE BLOCKED
Three Batteries Of Invaders
: Put Out Of Action
DASH FOR CALAIS MAY Be ON
The French Artillery Is 8attering Its
Way Toward Metz-BerIin Claims
Gains In Argonne.

Although it cannot be said with of.
fetal authority that the Germans
have started as yet on what Is be.
heved by many to be their final dash
for Calais, the resumption of severe
fighting in the western theater of the
war gives color to that belief.
The kaiser, according to report, has
decreed that the French coast town
must be taken by Dec. 10, and recent
shifts of the German forces in Elan.
ders and the arrival of heavy rein.
forcements indicate that an import.
ant movement there is under way or
imminent.
The renewal of military operations
on quite an extensive scale just below
the Belgian border In France tend to
bear out the report that the dash to
Calais is to be made In that region
rather than along the shore of Bel.
gium.
The transfer of German troops to
Zeebrugge on the North sea is re-
garded as evidence that the kaiser
may suspect an attempt by the allies
to land troops in that vicinity in an
effort to surprise his extreme right
flank.
According to Amsterdam advices
another British war fleet is reported
to have put into the North sea and
is lying off Ostend.
A correspondent of the Daily Mail
in West Flanders, telegraphing on
Nov. 80, says:
Every one believes that the last
dash for Calais is beginning. The gen
eral hopefulness on our side depends
in no small degree on the great con-
f1dence in General Foch, whose grasp
of the situation was largely RESPONSE
BILE for the victory on the Marne, and
General Potain, who has so consist
emily repelled the insistent German
attacks at Arras. These two names
ought to be familiar to all the allied
nations"
The sound of cannonade continues
all along the Aisne and on the Arras.
Bethune-Armentieres line. The Ger.
man artillery is showing no signs of
weakening it's terrific fire. Bloody
hand-to-hand fighting is reported from
west Flanders, being carried on
chiefly by small detachments which
are detailed to seize groups of houses
and patches of small wood land held
by the enemy. The fierceness of the
fighting is fully attested by the enor-
nous trains of wounded that are daily
arriving at the base hospitals.
The Germans are making vigorous
demonstrations east of Ypres, evi
IDENTIFY under orders from the kaiser
count for as many British soldiers as
possible.
The fierceness of the struggle be-
tween the Germans and the allies in
the northern part of France and west
Flanders has for some weeks over
shadowed the operations elsewhere
along the 300-mile battle front, but
the presence of General Joseph Joffre,
the French commander-in-chief of the
eastern end of the line, has for the
time being shifted some of the public
interest into that quarter.
The French army which has cut Its
way northward through the Moselle
valley to Arnayille, nearly within ar.
tillery range of the outer circle of
forts at Metz, is carrying on vigor.
Gus bombardment of the fortress
there is an effort to move further to
the north.
The following are the official bull.
letins:
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
FRIDAY.

The Importance of the cars victory
in Poland grows with the receipt OF
late news. Forty thousand of the sol
diers of the kaiser are reported cap.
tured. Five German army corps (200,-
900 mem are in a desperate plight
near Plock, their retreat barred by
Russians.
A Turkish submarine is reported to
have been sunk trying to enter the
harbor of Sebastopol, on the Black
sea- The British collier Khartoum
was destroyed by mine off the Eng.
lish coast, and the British steamer
Primo was torpedoed near the mouth
of the Siene.
Proclamation of "Holy War;" call
ing upon Moslems throughout the
world to open hostilities against Rus.
sia, France and Great Britain, has
been issued by the, sultan of Turkey.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
Cows and Horses Die In Fire.

The large barn of Edwin Binns, al
General Muhlenberg's headquarters
Valley Forge, Pa, was destroyed by
fire, with a loss of several thousand
dollars. Forty-two COWS and a hall
dozen horses were burned. Mr. Binns
is in Pittsburgh, where he formerly
lived.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
Four of Family Die In Fire.

Miss Hannah McNeill, twenty-ont
years old; her two brothers and sis
ter, children of Mr.. and Mrs. A. P
Mcneil, of Delgado, a suburb of vii
mington, N. c., were burned to death
when fire destroyed their home.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
+. Robbed and Slain by Footpad.

Thomas Ross,< twenty-eight years
old, of Jessup, near Scranton, Pa
was held up, robbed and murdered by
highwaymen. Louis Shambrone, aged
twenty-three years, has been arrested
by the police, charged with the crime
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
FRENCH.

"In Belgium our lines have been
subjected to violent bombardment
from Lampernisse to west of Dux.
nude
"In the Argonne the enemy has
blown up the northwestern salient of
the wood of La Grurie, which had
been mined.
"In general way we have affirmed
and developed our progress on this
part of the front.
'In Alsace our troops have captured
Aspach-le-Haut and Aspach-le-Bas,
southeast of Thanh.
"In the region to the south OF
Ypres and Saint Eloy, an attack OF
the enemy against an entrenchment
taken by our troops during the day
was repulsed by us. Our artillery In.
fiicted damage on group of three
batteries of heavy artillery of the en-
emy.
SAT Vermelles the chateau and the
park surrounding it, two houses in the
village and some trenches were bril-.
liantly occupied by our forces.
There has been a spirited artillery
exchange in the vicinity of Fay, to
the southwest of Peronne.
''In the region between Vendresse.
Craonne there has been a violent
bombardment to which the French ar
tillery replied with success, accom-
plishing the destruction of battery
''In the Argonne a German attack
against Fontaine Madame was re.
pulsed, and we made some progress
in the occupation of a trench in the
forest of Court and Chaussees, and a
minor fortified position near st. HUI
pert.
"On the heights of the Meuse, In
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
Kaiser Grants Wilson's Wish.

On personal representations from
President Wilson, through Ambassa-
dor Gerard, Germany has released Ad-
miral Neeld, retired, of the British
navy, and his wife, who were held as
military prisoners at a German health
resort.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
Two Louisiana Neqroes Lvnobaa

Two Louisiana Negroes lynched.
Two negroes were lynched at Syl
vester, La, as result of the murde,
of G. G. Hicks, postmaster of thai
place. The slayers dragged the body
Into store and set the building on
fire. The body was recovered.
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05

the Woexre district and in the Vosges
there is nothing to report"
GERMAN.
'In the western theater of the war
the enemy made insignificant ad-
vances which were checked.
''In the forest of Argonne a strong
point of support of the enemy was
taken by the Wuertemburg infantry
regiment, No. 120, his majesty the
kaiser's own regiment On this occa-
sion two officers and about 800 of the
enemy's troops were made prisoners"
The Pleasantville press., 1914-12-05
car Lost pa. .15a officers.

The casualties admitted by the Rus
iians in the fighting mp to Nov. In
clude 972 officers killed, 19,501 officers
wounded and 3679 missing.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
OCCASIONALLYlT is
nice TO BE IN JAIL
PERHAPS GERMAN RESERVISTS
ugHELD IN ENGLAND ARE NOT
WORRIED

London, Sept. S-There are at the
present time about 5000 Germans, sus-
poets and prisoners of war, in the con-
centration camps of Great Britain.
These camps are located at Aldershot,
Newbury, Dorchester, Queensberry,
Lancaster, Dyfrim Hall, which is Notre
Chester, Edinburgh and Templemoor
Ireland. The Aldershot camp is at
Firth Hall.
The Aldershot camp, like others in
the open, is surrounded by a barbed
fence ten feet high, around which at
a distance of about 20 feet is ring
of wire entanglements five feet broad
The prisoners here are all men who
would be serving in the German army
If they could get out OF the country,
together with men suspected of spying.
They are all housed in tents with
hoard floors.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
VIII Get Consideration

Denver, Sept. 9.-Heads of the large
coal mining companies in Colorado to-
day received copies of the letter from
President Wilson, regarding the adop-
ton of plan of strike settlement
recommended by a conciliation COM
mittee appointed by the secretary Of
labor.
JY. Welborn, president of the Colo
rsdo Fuel and Iron company, said
that the proposals of the president
would receive earnest consideration
from the operators, after which for
mai reply will be made.
"The presidents letter merits the
most serious consideration and that is
what we are going to give it," said
MIR. Welborn. "Our company will con-
fer with our associates, and take up
all the subjects included in the plan
in detail This probably will take sew
erai days. Then we win send Presi-
dent Wilson formal reply.
Frank J. Hayes. president Of the
United Nine Workers. who is in Colo
rado directing strife operations. said
that the letter of the president had
not been received in the Denver head
quarters of the union.
when we get it, we will give il
careful consideration, and announce
what will be our course" he added
William R. Farley of the federal
mediation commission. refused to dis
cuss the peace plan.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
THE COMMISSIONS REPORT
EXECUTIVES SUGGESTION Fol-
LOWS DECISION OF IN
vEsTIcAToRs
BOTH SIDES ARE WILLING
THEY SAY THEY WILL ADOPT
PEACE TERMS If FOUND
SATISFACTORY 1

Washington, Sept S.-W. R. FARLEY.
one of the conciliators named to wc~S
on settlement of the Colorado ccai
strike, is in Denver to take up wiz
the operators and miners the tentati
basis of agreement for solving Il
strike. as set out By President Wilsol
No replies have been received from
either side indicating whether the pro-
posed agreement win be accomplished.
In the opinion of Secretary wilson
of the department of labor the agree
ment is such that both sides can ac-
cept it without materially receding
from their positions. While it does not
provide for the recognition OF the
unions, Secretary Wilson believes IL
would not interfere with the continu-
ance of the organizations,
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
BURGOMASTER SAVES
GHENT FROM DAMAGE
EFFECTS A COMPROMISE WITH
THE ATTACKING GERMAN
FORCES

London, Sept. Sin a dispatch from
Client, Belgium, correspondent of
the Exchange Telegraph company says
the burgomaster has effected an
agreement with the commander of the
German troops before the town, the
purpose of which is to avoid the en-
trance of German soldiers.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
company from Ghent says that on re-
ceipt of communication from the
German commander outside of Ghent,
threatening bombardment if the least
resistance was offered to the Ger
mans, Burgomaster Brayn proceeded
alone to the German lines and nego-
tiated terms. 1t was agreed that the
Germans would neither enter the city
nor impose a money fine provided
the requirements of the Germans in
the matter of food were satisfied.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
MUST PRACTICE GOOO WORKS
OTHERWISE MANKIND WILL CON-
TINUE TO GROW WORSE,
HE SAYS
CARDINALS GET RED HATS
PoNTlFF CoNFERS HIGH HoNoRS
UPON SEVERAL LEADING
cHURcHMEN

Rome, Sept. 8 (via Paris) The
first consistory of Pope Benedict was
held here today. 1t was marked by
gorgeous display in the apparel of
those present and the decorations of
the papal court. September 8, the
day of the Nativity of the Virgin. was
chosen for this occasion by the pontiff
himself
The participation was limited al
most entirely to ecciesiasties and Of
ficials of the Vatican. Many relatives
of the pope occupied seats in a special
tribuna.
Surrounded by almost all the card
inals at present in Rome the pope was
carried into the consistory on the
gestatoria chair, and greeted with
loud applause. He imposed the red
hat on Cardinal Anthony Mendez
Bello, patriarch of Lisbon; Cardinal
Gdisasola Menendez, archbishop of
Toledo; Cardinal Piffl, archbishop of
Vienna, and Johann Czarnoch. pri-
mate of Hungary. The last is the
only new appointment.
Following this ceremony the pontiff
delivered his allocution. In this ad-
dress he urged the necessity of
strengthening and elevating religious
feeling throughout the world as the
only remedy to society for the evils
today so strilingly shown in the de-
plorable conflict now rending Europe.
The faithful must pray fervently for
the cessation of this warfare. the pom
tiff declared, asking especially the
intercession of the Virgin Mary.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
CARRANZA and VILLA
MUST UNITE FORCES
OTHERWISE THE UNITED STATES
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE
PRESIDENT

Washington, Sept. S.-Offcial dis
patches today telling of the cutting Of
Mexico City's water supply for three
days, presumably by Zapatista bands,
concerned administration officials be-
cause they reflected the relentless ac-
tivity of the southern leader, following
the recent parleys with Carranza rep
resentatives.
1t was considered practically certain
that if Carranza and Villa unite in
forming strong central government.
recognition by the United States will
follow.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
Russians Land in France

London, Sept. ga Russian army,
said to number 250.0O0 men, is, ac-
cording to the Rome Tribuna, in
France. The Tribuna usually is con-
sidered well informed regarding Rus
sian movements. Official confirmation
of the report is received at the press
bureau. Experts here are of the opin-
ion that the Germans, who heretofore
have been the outflankers, are in dan
ger of being outflanked and of being
compelled to accept frontal attack
from the allies, who now are on the
offensive.
This titanic struggle in which the
ccmbatants are tailed in millions is
likely to ebb and flow for week be-
fore a decisive result is reached.
Great strategical Importance is at,
tached to the Russian capture of the
fortress of Nicolaieff in Austrian Ga
licia.S SaItais situated at junction of
railroads and has s'ro9g bow-shaped
Notifications and entrenchments on
both banks of the river Dniester to
protect the railroad bridges.
The population of this place is large
ly Polish. 1t includes 1000 Jews and
garrison of 10000 men.
The news has been received that
the king of the Tongo Islands in the
Continued on page Four)
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
GERMAN REVVERRSSEES IN front Of PARIS INDICATE ALLIES
WILL BE VCTORS IN CRUCIAL BATTLE Of EUROPEAN VA

of the enemy and has been given a
breathing spell.
The unexpected swing of the Ger
mans has cauused a readjustment of
the lines of the allies. The movement
of the Germans was ascertained so
promptly by the aeroplanes of the@al-
lies that abundant time was given for
the shift
1t is evident that the Germans now
have before the front of their wedge
like advance the veterans of the allies
left wing, which underwent terrible
battering along the Franco-Belgian
border. The ranks of these Franco
British forces have been reinforced
and the losses have been replaced.
Another advantage enjoyed by the
allies is the fact that their flanks are
protected by the great fortresses of
Paris and verdun, while in the German
rear Maubeuge is still held by the
French, despite the fall of three of
its fortresses.
In the eastern war theater, General
Ruszkli's Stonewall Jackson tactics
have been checked by the strong fort
ress of Przemysl, but this delay will
not prevent the general from move
ment of the Russian forces along the
border from Tilsit to Lemberg. The
Russians consider it necessary, how
ever, to capture Przemysl so that the
Austrians may not have a single
stronghold left in Galicia.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08

have occurred on the French center
between Fere Champenoise and Vitry
lie Francois at the southern point of
the forest of Argonne. The French
have fallen back nowhere. The Ger
mans have lost ground.
Near Vitry, the movement of retire
ment is confirmed on the German
side On the French right German
division attacked on the axis of Cha
teau Salina and Nancy, but was re-
pulsed to the northward, passing the
forest of Champenoise.
Further to the east the French
troops re-occupied the crest of Mandry
and the peak of Fourneaux. There is
no change in the situation in the pro
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-08
vince of Alsace,"
Allies Cautious

London, Sept. S.-The public is
waiting, breathless with the hope that
the allies have taken the offensive,
but the cautious tone of the official
communications issued from France
Indicate that the forward movement
of the allies is only a feeler to ascer-
tain the reason for the strange east
ward swing of the German right.
No matter, however, what the for
ward move means decisive battle can.
not be long postponed. Meantime the
western valley Of the Seine, recently
cverrun by Germans. has been cleared