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concentration " Germans on the lett
hank of the Nistula obliged the Russians
10 retire OH "A line OF defence which runs
in great danger, az strong Russian reen-
they are fighting desperately TO hold the
Germans until reenforcements can pe
brought M and they can oppose at least
suual numbers to the masses OF Germans.
hpparently the Germans have concen-
,rated 75O.OUn men in the area northwest
OF Warsaw aud moved % rapidly that
they forced the withdrawal OF RUSSIAN
force of probably 100000 The RUSSIANS
nre PLAYING for time. Dispatches nom
petrograd assert that within two or thitc
DAYS the Russians will he able to rene"
the offensive, and that II Won fiindenbuf :
cannot reach Warsaw In that short period
he will have lost his last chance the
situation Is summarized ny the army
Messenger as follows.
Persistent attacks by great masses o.
German troops have compelled reSronp-
ing of our army west of warsaw. Inc
enemy IL suffering heavy losses IN ms
offensive against the kaZunpolski-Tore-
sln-Skierniewicc front. where our artillery
is repulsing his massed attacks
kaZunpolsk Is on the Nistula. sixteen
miles northwest of Warsaw Tore,in is
twenty miles Vest OF arsdw and Skier
niewice IL thirty-nine miles southwest OF
the Polish capital. 80 that the German line
runs IN Il reversed are The great tof-
tress OF Novo GeorsIevsk defends war.
saw from AN attack at the northwest ana
IA across the Nstula from KazunpolskL
The events Of the past few days nave
clouded the situation IN southwestern
Poland, In front OF Crlcow. An official
report issued in Vienna states that the
Russians have begun a general retreat IN
Galicia and were defeated IN battle al
Limanovo. which is on the Sandec Pass in
the Carpathaus The new offensive claimed
by the Australians Is reported to De tht
result Of the arrival from the Carpathians
of troops that had served In SerNia, to-
gether with new levies brought from Aus
trla and Hungary.
This report is con,radicted by unofficial
news from petrograd, which says that the
Austrians who attempted to swarm dowi
the Carpathian slopes were intercepted
ard defeated by the Russians who we're
prepared for the move and had distributed
troops in the narrow valleys. In this area
as in Poland. 1t will take days to clear vi
tho situation and to determine whether
or not the Russians have been compelle,
20 raise the siege Of CraCoW aud to with
draw once more to eastern Galicia.
In Potrograd to-day Emperor Nicholas
returning from Trans-Caucasia, sumnonet
the Imperial Council to meet him AT m
Tsarskoe-Selo Palace. The session laste'
two hours At its conclusion Minister q
War Soukhomlinoff remained with th'
Emperor for som, time
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CRACOW IS THE PIVOT.
Germans Main Effort Is To Prevent
siIesiRn Invasion.
Spsc,ai Cdbie Despatch 10 THr srs

Lo%DoN, Dec. ls.-The Times cor
respondent at Petrograd, telegraphlng
under Fridays date. says:
We are unable yet to follow he
events which are now developing In the
northern Carpathiau valleys. All We can
say Is that there is the greatest auima-
ton IN LemberS and among the Russian
troops In ialicia AT the prospec, OF finally
crushing the foe Nor IL definite Informal
ton forthcoming vet regarding the new
point OF attack Of Won Hiudeuhurgs in
vasion OF Poland. The frutlessness OF
the efforts TO break through the Russian
lines on the Bzura must have suggested
to him the advisability Of action else
where, probably further south and pre-
sumably in the region Of Wlelun.
Whether the expected blow from that
point will be directed against Warsaw
or kielCe must be a matter Of specula-
ton.
In apprlisiug the strategiCal merit.
OF the eucmys moves on the Russian
front, it should be remember that the
real objective ia not the pose nssion OF
Warsaw or the relief OF pr2emysl but the
prevention of Russian invasion OF
Silesia. Thi" explains tho feverish activ-
ty Of the German high command and its
apparent inability 10 stick to a consecu-
tive plan of oper1tions. Abe Russian
and Allied plans are wcil served by this
tho enemy comes out To be destroyed In
stead of waiting In the trenches
But all efforts can only stave of tn,
day OF reckoning. The Russian drmie,
are within a stones throw of the Sn-sjal
border north Of Cracow, which IL the rea
pivot about which all operations At pres
ent are developing The desperate flank
ing moves Oh the Bzura and from tho
Carpathlnus only serve 10 indicate that
the Russians hold the pivot firmly, from
which in good time it Will sweep IN,
hankiug columns Off the road and ad
vance into the heart OF Germany"
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AMSTERDAM, Dec. iS.-The following
official statement was giveV out to-day II
Vienna:
The Russian main forces were de-
feated and are being pursued along
the entire battlefront OF $50 miles
from Kr,sno to the south OF the
River B1ura.
Yesterday the enemy was driven
from positions north OF the Carpa-
thlans, between krosno and Iahlle-
n.tz. on the Lower Dunajec we ana
our allys forces are contending with
the enemy's rearguard.
In South Poland our advance has
been made So far without important
fighting. Petrokow was stormed the
day before yesterday, and Przedbors
yesterday.
The situation IN the Csrpathians
is not vet substantially changed.
An earlier official statement given GU
in Vienna was as follows:
The latest news permits OF no fur
Their doubt that the resistance OF the
Russian main force has been
shattered. After the defeat OF the
southern wing in the battle OF Lima
novo, which lasted several days our
allies also gained victory near
LODI.
The Russians are now completely
routed on the River Bzura.
Threatened by our advance across
the Carpathians from the south. the
enemy began general retreat, which
they are trying to cover by stubborn
fighting in the regions before the Car
pathians.
our troops are attacking on the
line OF Grodno-Zakliczyu
Along the other parts or the front
the pursuit has begun.
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province and that the entire population
has fed to the interior OF Germany.
The Germans are attempting new
and rapid movement by crowdlns thelr
flank between Sochaczow and the Nistula'
They evacuated LODI and brought great
part OF their army into tins region.
Neither army now sets any value on LODI
Three hundred and fifty thousand Ger
mans are now In the region of Sochaczow'
Marshal Won tIndenhurg IL still dr1ving
his men through How TO the LETT bahK oil
the Nistula.
"Gncessant and violent attacks are being
made on the Russian lines along the
Bzura because the great frusts are near
and it will br impossible for the Germans
TO Use the Nistula from Thorn for pur-
poses OF transport. Very soon the Rus'
slams, who are masters OF the north bank
of the Nistull to East Prussia, VIII be
able to use the frozen river for all mill
tary operations"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
FEW WOUNDED FRENCHMEN DIE
Perccntngr of BIS Less Than INcr
Ucforc Nuuy,u In War.

Npfcl0T 'TIT- N1I0''I = NV
PARIS. Dec. IS Official statistics cover
ing tho casualties ct the French army p
to December show that = Gee loss Of life
from unds is l,ss psopo' loult'ly p. \
WAS ever known before IN The history
the world Tho percentage OF death.
from wounds Was, for the tr>' tour
months Of 'h- war exactly 34S
The percentage OF wounded who Wee
able 10 rejolu their commands directly
Was il5 Tho i,rc"n'aF, OF tn sec w1o
were cured wounds but who "ore SD.
lowed ,onvalesceut icaV, was D. 2 =
percentage OF wounded sin under II, =
men, I'm the hospitals WAS - The n'r-
c-rtagc OF wounded men found unfit fr
further service was 40.
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By the United Press

LONDON, Dec. ls.--The route OF retre1
of the Austrian army from Servia Is n
path Of horror II Is a path marked by
the bodies % dead and dying, OF wrecked
wagons and wrecks OF men driven insane
--nopelessly mad by the suffering they
endured
| was with the Austrian army in its
rrecipitous retreat from Servia. saw
this army transformed almost in day
from that OF force of conquerors to a
helpless, staggering. disorganlzed mass Of
men. The retreat from Servia was a
rout After having spent weeks In u J.
Eium and France, having seen the Ger.
man army In the field and for weeks
watched fighting at Przemysl. IL was In
LITTLE Serv.t that | Witnessed the mos;
horrible scenes OF the war
| had come TO see the Sorvian cam
raign after many weeks with the Aus
trian army In Galcia, whore | had seen
It's heroic attack and defence against ne
Russians had seen the Aus:rlans bear
ing up heroically under lack of hospital
supplies. But this Servian campaign was
different Perhaps the long smouderlng
hatred Of Servia and the belief that Ser
Wan plottcrg had arranged and carried
out tho assassination Of ~. hdukc Fred
or.ck were responsible
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Austrian Retreat From
SERBIA Described As ROut
Correspondent With Defeated Army Says Men Were Driven
Insane by Horrors of Flight-Alarm Reaches
Budapest and Vienna


den change of plans. and after leaving
thc wagons we were loaded on a train
and taken TO Budapest. There huge
wagon trains filled the roads There were
mad men and wounded. and then We dis
covered that the Serviars were advanc
ing. We had taken part ia retreat
an utter rOut.
The day we lcft a terrific blizzard
was raging The roads were In un-
speakable condition. The whole thing
was as II Belgium should suddenly arise
and drive ont the Germans Many
officers went insane during the retreat.
one instance OF this was not discovered
until the Hungarian frontier was reached.
An Austrian lieutenant, badly wounded.
was lying on the roadside when he saw
the major of his own regiment riding by
in the retreat. The lieutenant called Ia
him, whereupon the major turned ana
discharged his revolver at the " unded
man. hitting him In the leg when the
major reached Mitrovichi on the border
he was discovered TO be starl, mad.
After many weeks Of association with
Austrian officers and journalists ] was
taken completely by surprise at the ter
riblc conditions in Servia.
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FRANCIS JOSEPH ANGRY.
Determined to Court-Mnrtiai Poti-
orek, Comma ndcr In servia.

Special cable Despatch 10 TnE SrN.
VIENNA. via Rome, Dec. lS-Emperor
Francis Joseph summoned Count Berch-
told the Premier of the dual monarchy
TO the palace to-day and had a Ions
secret conference with him In regard &c
the reverse in Servia.
The Emperor IL said to he very IN
dignant over the Austrian defeat b. The
Servians and is determined tina; Gen
Potiorek. the commander IN chief OF tn,
forces IN this operation. shall be re-
lieved of his command and court-mlr.
tailed. despite the fact that the In.
vaslon of Servia was planned and urgei
By the German STAFF.
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RUSSIAN AVALANCHE.
Ga thering Great Force to sweep
t:ermans From Poland.

LONDON, Dec. lS.-The Daily Mad cor
respondent In PetIogrdd telcgraphs:
Russian reenforCements are rolling
into Poland in "A steady How. The issue
of the fighting between the Nistula and
the Bzufa rivers, west OF Warsaw mas
depended for the last ten days on the
question of which could fling the larger
weight OF numbers into the line.
The military journal, RuSSky inrdlid,
speaks reassurinsly and with special
knowledge 1t says:
"'Our forces are increasing not merely
DAY by day but hour by hour. Soon our
avalanche Of troops Will begin TO sweep
the enemy back to the frontiers and as
much further as may be necessary
Already the pursuit OF the army routed
near Mlava has carried the Russian ad-
vance across the frontier. where IT has
rounded up large numbers OF stragglers
and captured guns and transports
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
MOTTA IS SWISS PRESIDENT.
First Italian swiss 10 Ne Chosen ny
Confederation

ROME, Dec lS.-G. Mott, Minister of
Finance of Switzerland. was 'o-day elected
Pres idcnt OF tho Swiss Confederation lie
IL the first Swiss q Italian blood 20 be
elected President. g. d. Coppet. Minis
OF Justice, was elected Nice-pres dent.
His family Is Of French origin
In political circles here. where feeling
OF friendship for the Allies IL uppermost,
the news that "A French Swiss and Italian
swiss will occupy the highest posts I'm the
Government of the Confederation has been
received with ratification. as IL is he
ieved that il insurcs the defeat of any
German attempts To win the Swiss TO
their side
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NEWS PHONED TO KAISER.
Won Hindcnburg Personally Reports
on Victory In Poland.

AMSTERDAM Dec. ls.--A despatch from
Berlin says Field Marshal Won linden
berg personally telephoned yesterday
morning to the Kaiser the news of the
Russian defeat In Poland
The Lokdldn :eiJer IN commenting on
the Russian defeat says: After che
battles OF Tannenburg and the Mazuritn
Lakes our souls We're filed with blind
confidence IN Gen. Won Hndenhurg Tnis
victory has proved tina, W. were right.
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Vienna Echoes Alarm.

The alarm felt by the population At
budapest WAS also to be- noted In Vienna.
The Ci'y was flooded with homeless
refugees from Gilcil. When left
Vienna on December I coal WIS heinz
doled on. 70 citizens In ff.e,n pound lot,
and carried home by them N taNicabs
ANA carriages.
Tho Austriaus mercilessly critici.e tho
Germans. declaring the Kasor's forces
are not helping them. The Hunptrla :
bitterly ass1Il the Austriaus. asserting
that tho latter force them to stand thy
hrunt of the Servian charges
Major Ford ana capt. Mactrtyre OF
the American army were with tho army
that rctreitrd from Sorvil.
when | reached budapest on November
20 was told by journalists there that lu
the DAY previous Russian Cossacks had
reached a point within sixty miles of
the city. This WAS the reason for ne
panic In the residents there
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CAPT. HENRY L. BRUCE KILLED

LoSDoN, De-. lS,-Thc Hon. Henry
Lyudhurst Bruce" who married Camille
lilird In action according To to-nlghts
list Of officers killed. lie WAS a captain
in the Scots Guards, capt Bruce was the
eldest suu nj i~ri Ahrri,rr He met
Miss Cllfford in 1906 while she was play
ing In an American musical production
in London, and married her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
PURSUIT VIGOROUS.
berlin Reports Progress In Follow
ing Up Russians.

BERLIN. via London. Dec. 1s.-The pur
suit OF the Russians in Poland is beni
continued vigorously. according TO an an
nouncement by the General STAFF to-day
The statement also says that The Allie
have been repulsed in Flanders. 1t fol
lows:
The hghting IN Newport continues
favorable. but no decision yet has
been reached
The French attacks between La
Bassee and Arras and on both sides
of the River Somme have resulted in
failure with severe losses TO ne
enemy. on the Somme the French
lost 200 men in prisoners and at
least 500 in dead; our own losses
were under 200.
In the Argonne forest our success
full attacks resulted In the capture OF
some $50 prisoners in addition TO
war material. There have been no
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

The Austrian outrageS In Scrvia are
greater than those the Germans are al
legged to have committed In Belgium. For
forty miles from the frontier the country
ia deserted and as silent as a tomb Hun
drcds OF residents Of Servian towns have
been executed.
ON November Il the Austrians jubi-
lanuy took tn" correspondents then with
the army to Servl to show them how
the lines Of the enemy had been driven
back. We traversed $50 miles into the
npr;hwes. corner Of Servla.
Eighteen towns winch We pass !
through were utterly deserted In every
town I saw one cor two walls. r.ddl,d
with bullets. which had been execution
Places The Austrian and Hungarian
officers denied that they executed women
but admitted tho execution of hundreds
az men. one hungarian officer proud,
showed me a siN foot pole which he use,
in his killing He explained that he
stretched rope from this pole. forced
the serb victim to sit on "a chair and then
after fastening the free ,ui uf thu rope
about the Serbs neck 'e knocked tn,
chair out from under him.
HI u usually dead within ,ght or
ten minutes tho officer said
l saw twenty-five square miles OF :
Wan trenches OF perfect pattern IN w. .,H
the bodies az Se"vlans were rottiug T..y
were even denied a decent burial
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

PANS, Dec. Is.--The city Council OF
Paris has authorized an issue OF li0.-
600. Goa francs iS2S, 00u,O00l IN 81, per
cent. one year drOcntures. free from All
taxes and charges The Government has
agreed TO subscribe tor $1,000 600 francs
(t9.uO0.O00) OF the loaA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
GERMANS QUIT LODI?
Report That Town wouldn't Serve
as Base OF Operations.

PETEnGEAp, Dec. ls.-A newspaper
here quotes high authority as stating
that the Germans have evacuated Lodz,
having found that the town would nDt
serve as a base Of operations.
1t is believed the German plan to cay.
ture the right bank of the Nistula aud
then advance from Mlaya and exert pres
sure on the left bank has completely
failed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
SHELLS THEIR HARVEST NOW.
French Peasants Sell Uncxploded
Missiles for Is Cents Apiece.

PARIS, Dec. ls.-Miny peasants Whose
customary pursuits have been intcrfcred
with 10y the war are devoting their time to
gathering uneXp!oded shells on the battle
field.
Tho French military authorities are
paying IS cents apiece for these shells,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

tn" Austr!aus promised. with gr,at
Jubilaton. TO take rs TO Belgrade on No.
Nember q.
But the plans Mere suddenly changed
We were hurried out o: Sorvia in wagon,
There was no explanation for the sud
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
ROBERT Lorraine BETTER,
UritIsh A>intor says German Air
service IL DvindIinE.
Speoal Cabie Drspo'ch 10 Tur srs

IoNnoN. Dec. lS--A British chaplain
on brief ho' day m England said to-
day that he caattel last week with Rohe,;
I.oratue. the ac,or-aNiator, In one of the
hosp.tals AT Lille. Mr.. Lorraine, he said
was seriously wounded in the lungs, hut
was recovering.
The aviator remarked IN the dw.ndlur
number and declining. Comhat'Ncucs~ ot 'h"
German acropanoS whi,r, the chaplain
said. entirely agrees vita the observations
OF British and French officers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

II, & A, Allan, agents OF the Allan
Line. have received cahlcgram stating
that the new $1,000 ton steamship Alsa-
tan has been reiltted and armed with
eight inch guns and some quick flrers
and made the flagship OF Admiral de
Chair.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19
Austnans Storm PerokoqU,
Says official Statement
Vienna Asserts Russians Were Routed on the Muta ana
North of the Carpatlians and Their
Main Resistance Broken.


important developments elsewhere on
the western front.
on the frontiers of East and West
Prussia the situation IL unchanged.
In Poland we continue to pursue
the rotreatng enemy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

Share your Christmas cheer with
the children Of the poor. The Chill
dren's Aid Society asks for eontribu-
tons to make a happy Christmas Tor
the thousands under its charge.
Edwin C.. Merrill, Treasurer,
los East 22nd ST., N. Y.
VIM. Church Osborn, President.
Charles l.. Brace, Secretary.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-15
N0TRE DAME TO PLAY
AT AUSTIN NEXT YEAR
Game with University of Texas VIII
be Greatest i'm Southwest. say
Southern sport Writers.

The University Of Notre Dame
football team will clash with the Uni
NersIty CT texas eleven at Austin,
Tex. next Thanksgiving day.
Coach Harper today confirmed the
report that the game has been seized
uled. I ne gold and blue ciashed
with Texas at austin in 1913 and de-
fCated the southern team.
Concerning the scheduling Of the
game a special dispatch TO the Hous-
ton ost says ia part.
''NOtre Dame will he the Thanks
giving attraction for the 1915 Z nj
versity OF Texas football season. Di-
rector Belmont Of the LonghOrns re-
ceIVed a WIRE today accepting the
Texas offer. The game Will be play
ed under the largest guarantee ever
given for a football contest IL the
southwest. The LonghOrns offered
$4,000 or an option OF 90 per cent of
the receipts. students coupon books
10 count 80 cents.
The securing Of NOtre Dame for
THANKSGIVING is considered to be the
browning effort Of Director Belmont,
who arranged for the excellent sShed-
ule IN 1913 the LOnshorns met
-~otre Dame. VINO administered the
only defeat Texas has suffered in two
years. NOtre Danes ranking both
east and west assures the greatest at
traction of the 1915 Texas season
The dispatch is dated from Austin,
Tex.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-15
N0TRE ME-WISCONSIN
TRACK MEET SCHEDULED

Announcement was made by Di-
rector of Athletics Harper yesterday
that contracts have been signed for
dual meets between the NOtre Dame
ana Wisconsin track teams tins sea
son and next.
The meeting this season will be
held at the local gymnasium March
and the two schools will clash at
Madison, Wis. next winter.
Athletes and students are hig11y
elated at the scheduling of meets
with the strong conference school
Wisconsin has nearly always been
represented by strong track team
and indications are that the gold and
blue viii have a fast squad this sea-
son.
The meet between the Badgers and
the locals at the Notre Dame gym
nasiUm Will undoubtedly be the ban
ner event of the indoor season here.
Next winter NOtre Dame Will prove a
strong attraction at Madison.
The FIRST indoor meet of the sea-
son to be held here following the in
terhall events viii be the clash with
the strong IllinOi Athletic club squad
of Chicago. February 8, and some
mighty fast competition is expected.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-15
SAYLOR ANXIOUS
TO ARRANGE BOUT

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Dec. 10
" ny is Freddie Welsh frying TO side
ep a match with Milburn Saylor?"
This interrcgative comes Ray Bron-
on. manager of the sensational Indi-
lapOlis lightweight who made such
great record in Australia, Bronson,
no himself was at one time one Of
he leading welterweight boxers of
ne country, believes that Saylor is
ne hardest hitting 1873 FOUNDER in
ne game today and his record for
ia appears TO bear out the state
aent.
Saylor defeated Young Shugrue in
20-round contest in sydney. Aus
ALA and in yiew of Shugrue's vic
Dry over Freddie Welsh Bronson be-
ewes his boy is the real leader OF the
recession. Saylor taught Welsh TO
espect his hitting ability in Winni-
peg about a year ago and since that
time the Englishman has managed
to evade trouble with him. Saylor
round in the Winnipeg battle and
when the Englishman did not arise
at the count of ten" the referee dis
qualified the Indianapolis lad for
"fouling''
SaylOr is anxious 10 get one more
crack" at the Englishman and is
willing TO meet him at 1873 or 1875
pounds before any club in the coun-
try.
Besides Taylor, Bronson has one of
the greatest bantams in the country
Chick Hayes. Hayes is having a fine
season and if ne defeats frankie
Burns in New Orleans Dec. IA he will
be matched with Kid Williams.