The state herald., 1914-10-16

ed. The Germans, in fact, claim to
have defeated the Russians near Su.
walki, and to have taken 200 prison
ers and nine machine guns.
Fighting on a larger scale soon will
be resumed, and 1t will then be de.
cided whether the Germans are to in
wade Russia in this region or the Rus
SLAMS are to overrun Prussia.
Austrians Advancing.
In Southwestern Poland the Austro.
German armies have advanced along
both banks of the Vistula river, with
the object of compelling the Russians
to evacuate part of Galicia, and. ac.
cording to their reports, have defeat
ed them, capturing 1890 prisoners.
The Russians reply that they al
lowed the enemy to advance as far as
the Opatow-Sandomir front in order to
force them to abandon their strongly
intrenched position near kielce and
accept battle in the open country.
Since this battle nothing has come
through concerning the movements OF
the two armies.
The advance of the Russians into
Hungary has aroused intense feeling
In Rumania. with respect to Transyl-
vania, and a section of that country
is advocating that Rumania join the
Allies, so that with the end OF the war,
should victory rest with the Allies,
Rumania may fall heir to that part
of the Austro-Hunsarian empire.
Say Russians Are Stopped.
Berlin-ln the eastern battlefield
German and Austrian forces have CON-
pletely stopped the Russian offensive,
inticting enormous losses. Conjunc-
tion OF Austrian and German armies
at Ivangorod has greatly endangered
the Russian center by thanking
movement
Austrians Winning Now.
I.ondon.-It is officially announced
from Hus2t, Marmaros county, Hun
gary. that Austrian forces have been
heavily engaged with Russians since
Monday, at a place near Tacsoe, tele.
graphs the Amsterdam correspondent
of the Reuter- Telegram Company. The
Russians retreated The battle came
to an end near Koerossalva, with com.
plete victory for the Austrians.
Japs Dominate Tsine Tau.
Peking-The Japanese have mount
ed siege guns on Prince Henry noun
tain. which entirely dominates all
three of the Using Tau forts, accord
ing to advices reaching Picking. These
forts are named Bismarck. Moltke and
Iltis and are three or four miles
from the mountain. The attack on
Using Tau may begin any day. Prior
to Il demand for surrender will be
made,
Destroy 3 Tsino-Tao Forts.
Peking.-The Japanese continued
their bombardment OF the Kiao Chow
fortifications and are reported here to
be in possession OF the outer chain
of the Using Tao Notifications. The
fleet continues to cooperate with the
land forces and according TO a state
ment by the Japanese legation. thres1
OF the harbor forts have been demol.
ished
British Submarine at Work.
London.-Submarine E-9 OF the Brit.
ish navy under command Of Lieuten
ant Commander Max X. Horton made
another raid into German waters OF
the mouth OF the River Ems and sue
ceeded In sinking German torpedo
boat destroyer. This same subma.
rine under the same commander made
similar dash and sank the German
cruiser Hela on ielgoland on Sep
tember ~.
Raid Dusseldorf Again.
Berlin.-The official communication
given out by the German general stan
says; The airship hall of Dusseldorf
has been hit by bomb thrown by a
hostile aviator The roof OF the hall
was pierced and the cover OF an air.