The Chitina leader., 1914-12-08

LONDON, Dec. s.-Bern dispatches indicate that the Germans took 100000 prisoners during the fighting about Lodz
 THE HAGUE Dec s-A Russian force of 27oOOo under of Bulgarian General Radko Demitre has arrived before Kracow and commenced bombardment of the suburbs Opposing Austrian forces have withdrawn into Baed pass in the Carpathan mountains The battle line from East Prussia to Kracow is 300 miles long.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-An unidentified warshp, the victim of 60mle gale which is sweeping the Atlantic is ashore the Maryland below Atlantic City Naval officers here believe the vessel is member of foreign fleet Early reports that the vessel the American bashp Kansas but she could not have been in that locality
 LONDON, Dec. 7.-The Swedish steamships Luna and Eveda mines off the Finnish today and both vessels sank All the of the Everlda lost but those of the Luna which not badly damaged by the
 VALPARAISO, Dec 7.--The British steamship Charcas sunk off the port of Carol Ch by the German transport Prnz Ete Frederick and her landed 40 miles north
 LONDON, Dec 7.-The Berlin war office announces that Lodz the second city in Poland has fallen the Germans occupying on Sunday after almost two weeks of desperate fighting There little apparent advantage either side until the last hours of the last week when effects of the German began to be apparent through the sencng of the heavier artillery of the forts.
 DUNKIRK, Dec 7.-Osend, of the main centers of activities the coast of Flanders is reported to be burning.
 announced that the Turkish forces have occupied Keda unmportant place in Transcaucasia.
 PETROGRAD, Dec. 7.-King Nicholas of Montenegro has teegraphed that onethird of his army has fallen the battlefield.
 GENEVA, Dec. 7.-The Journal De Geneva publishes a dispatch from Bucharest stating that Roumana has definitely decided enter the the side of the aes but hopes defer the necessity of mobizng her troops until spring Lecause of adverse winter conditions.
 LONDON, Dec 5-The British cruiser Venus ashore in storm today the southern coast of England, and striking full force her foremast and portion of the bridge carried away by the which swept her Warned by falling barometer she running for the nearest port when the storm broke fog preventing the lookout from seeing far enough ahead to give adequate warning No fatalities reported.
 GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec 5-French troops fighting in two feet deep have begun general advance movement against the German Ladwehr in both Asace and Lorraine
 LISBON Dec. 5-The Portuguese cabinet resigned today in body result of differences with the President to the proposed campaign against the German invaders in Africa
 PETROGRAD Dec. 5-What has been termed the most bloody and pless battle of the has occurred southeast of Lodz While the Germans succeeded uniting their lne 90 per cent of their officers put out of action either by death wounds and many of their regiments reduced to less than 100 men. "
 BORDEAUX, Dec. 4.-Three hundred thousand youths IS who under normal conditions would commence service in the next October have been called to present themselves for examination December 20 They will go ol regiments at the front which have been depleted since the call for eae ei