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Sydney Drove the En1den
Ashore in Just 50 Minutes
Australian Cruiser Kept Out of Range and Simply Shot
Antagonist to Peces-Was Hit by Only
Two SHELLS.

ming of the fight. The cruisers dsap-
peared over the horizon, both firing
their big guns. The Emden was attire
aft.
The landing party, which had started
out for Tho Emden, returned to shore
and lined up on the shore of the lagoon
evidently ready to fight if the sydney
sent men ashore, but. both cruisers
having disappeared. the Germans at
6 o'clock In the evening embarked on
the old schooner Ayesha, belonging To
Mr.. Ross the present "uncrowned king"
of the island, took clothes and stores
and sailed. They have not been seen
since.
The Sydney returned the next morn
ing and anchored at S:45 o'clock. From
accounts given by the crew it seems
that the Sydney, being the speedier, kept
out of range of the Emden's guns. bonn
harding her with heavier artillery. The
engagement lasted eighty minutes. The
Emden was beaChed north of Keeling
Island, a complete wreck
The Linden fired two effective shells
One smashed the main range finder OF
the sydney and killed one man, without
exploding. The other killed three and
wounded fourteen. Both cruisers at
tempted to use torpedos, but failed. The
! sydney steamed at the rate of twenty
six knots during the fight the Finder
at the rate of twenty-four knots.
The collier Bursk, which had been ir
| attendance on the Linden, was sunk
after the engagement. The Sydney lef'
at IL o'clock Tuesday morning to search
for survivors OF the Linden and finally
! departed on Wednesday with wounded
| prisoners.
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MASSING NEAR BRESLAU.
Fugitives Report German Concen-
tration In siIesis.

Special cable Despdtch IN Tue SuN.
LONDON, Nov. l2.-It is reported to-
night from Petrograd that an Austrian
army retreating in Galicia has been
caught between two Russian armies and
must surrender or accept battle.
The supposition here is that the i'm
perilled force is the command of Gen.
Dankl. which retreated up the Nistula
from Ivangorod and New Alexandria
after the collapse OF the Austro-Ger-
man invasion of Poland. Instead Of CO.
operating with the Germans in a with
drawal toward Cracow and Czenstach-
ova the Austrians appear to have fol-
lowed their own course in an attempt
to withdraw rapidly across western, Ga
licia and escape through the passes OF
the Carpathians into Hungary.
The news Is partial confirmation OF
the report transmitted by correspond
ents in Petrograd that there was a
quarrel between Gen. Dankl and the
German commander. Gen. Won linden
burg, due to the reported callousness OF
the Germans in forcing the Austrians
to accept the perils and hardships OF
rear guard while the Germans them
selves conserved men and gained time
by acting as advance guards in the re-
treat.
The Daily MARS correspondent at
Copenhagen learns from Berlin that
fugitives from Breslau are causing ex-
element by their reports of the ad-
vance OF the Russian armies. The fugi-
tlVeS state that the Germans are con-
centrating their armies to the east and
south OF Bresau to offer battle in the
open field.
A few days ago, the correspondent
learns, the Kaiser spent seven hours
in Breslau. calming the inhabitants and
promising them that the Russian army
would be crushed.
Many fresh troops composed OF re-
cruits and reserves are arriving at Bres-
lau.
The flight of the civilians OF Silesia
to SaXony and Brandenburg is increas-
ing considerably.
In the absence OF definite news military
critics assumed that an Austrian army
supposed to number from 10000 to 200.-
900, has been enveloped somewhere be-
tween the Vistula and the Carpathians at
n point south OF a line drawn between
Tarnow and Rzeszow, Meanwhile "A third
Russian army, marching westward from
Jaroslav, has recaptured Rzeszow,
There IL more than Russian news &c
indicate that the Austrian strength In
Galicia has gone to pieces In an official
sta tement by the Austrian General Stan
! II is admitted that the Akstrlans retired
voluntarily before "A Russian attack In
central .GaliCia and that the Russians
have again surrounded Przemysl The
Austrian Government locates the Russia
! advance guard in the region of the lower
Wsoka River.
As regards the campaign in East Prus
STA tho statements issued by the Ger
man and Russian General Staffs are con
dieting, but there Is no denial made by tn,
Germans that the Russians occupy som,
Continued on Third Page.
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JOHN D., JR., KNITTING SHAWL,
plies Needle. at Hot springs to Aid
War Sufferers.

Hot SPRINGS, Va, Nov, 1.-THE fact
that John y. Rockefeller, Jr., is knitting
a shawl has been observed by scores Of
society people in the lobby OF the Home
stead Hotel the last two nights. 1t Is
of heavy wool.
Knitting is new accomplishment for
Mr.. Rockefeller He had never tried II
until last night, when he was sitting with
hs wife, w H. Chesbrough, MIS- hichard
Perkins and Mrs, n, w. Chadwick, the
women all knitting as most of them here
are doing constantly. Some one suggested
that inasmuch as the Rockefeller Founda-
lion is giving large amounts FOR relief
of the war sufferers the men might as
well help with the work as read
Needles and yarn were produced ana
NJ, Cbegbrough made n feeble attempt,
Mr.. Rockefeller, however, went at the
work with spirit, soon got the hang OF
IL and persevered for two hours,
Tonight he was continuing II and had
about a yard done,
No Thanksgiving table complete without q
\ sottle Of ANGOSTURA BITTEkS.-Adv,
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BOY DIES TO SAVE HIS SISTER.
BROOKLYN student Mt Cornell
Drowned In Becbc Lake.

ITHACA. n. V. Nov 12.--Paul s.
Schwarzbsch, 10 years Ola, sophomore
IN the College of Agriculture at Cornell
was drowed here this afternoon while try
Ing to save his sister, Miss o. Il. Schwarz-
bach. both Of Brooklyn. who had fallen
from a cliff into the inlet to Beebe Lake
The two were taking part in a picnic
on the south bank of the gorge when Miss
Schwarzbach accidentally stepped over the
edge OF the ravine and fell thirty feet into
the water. Her brother Immediately Owed
after her but as he could not swim a
stroke went to the bottom, and 1t was an
hour and a half before fellow students
could recover his body
The sister. who could swim. kept afloat
until &. +. Nagel, a graduate student,
was lowered by means of rope from the
bank above and rescued her.
This is the ;hird fatal accident Of this
kind on the south bank of the Beebe Lake
gorge.
Paul s. Schwarzbach and Miss
Schwarzbach are the children of the Rev.
&. ". Schwarzbach, pasto- Of the Ffth
German Presbyterian Church IN Brook
lNn, whose home IS NJ 1859 Halsey street.
The Rev. NJ. SchwarGblCh sAid over
the telephone list night hat he had
just received word that his son had been
drowned and that hH daughter was IN
the Cornell Infirmary.
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GEAR SWEEPS
Is MILES INTO
EAST PRUSSIA
Russians Take Two Positions
and Fighting Starts Along
100 Mile Front.
GERMAN TROOPS MASS
FOR SILESIAN BATTLE
Special cabJe Despatch 10 TnE sry

PETRoGRAp, Nov. IA statement is
sued by the Russian General STAFF to-
night shows that the Russian army
invading East Prussia has maintained
it's advance until It now holds a line
from Stalluponcn, southwark to Lyck,
thence southwestward to Johannesburg.
then east to Soldau. the whole line being
about fifteen miles within German ter
ritory.
There Is fighting along this front,
which is about 100 miles long. The
General STAFF announces that the Rus
slams have reached two new positions.
johannesburg, which is between Lyck
and Soldau, and kruglinnen. in the re-
gion OF Gumbinnen and Stalluponen.
The official statement indicates that
the Russians have reached the frontier
OF Posen and Silesia. There has been
fighting in the region OF kaliscz and
Neschawa, on line OF the outer de-
fence OF the German provinces.
Progress OF the Russian armies in
Galicia Is indicated by the announce
ment that the Russians are attacking
in the SanolS region. which indicates
that their westward advance IN Galicia
is now on "A line north to south OF
Rzeszow and Sanok. The siege of
FRI mysl has been resumed.
This places the advancing Russian
force in Galicia about seventy-five miles
east of Cracow. while a Russian army
approaching in Poland from the Wis
tuia, is reported to he within twenty
or twenty-five miles OF thu city and Ia
attacking the outer defences.
The text OF the official announcement
was as follows:
( An engagement has developed
along the front of Stalluponen.
/ Krugllnnen and the region OF SOL
! dau. our troops have occupied
Johannesburg.
i There has been fighting of sec
ondary importance in the districts
OF kalisCz and Neschawa, where
the enemy's advance guards were
, endeavoring to make headway
In the Carpathians, the Austrian
rear guards who were in position
on the fords OF the Upper Save in
the Sanok region were attacked by
our troops.
The siege OF Przemysl. which we
suspended during the period OF the
Austro-German offensive, has been
resumed.
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Charges Against Miss Rodmnn.

STUNT Maxwell wrote to District Supt
Bardwc,l instructlng him TO prefer charges
% insubordnation and gross misconduct
agains, her, but not to suspend her until
further notice from the Board of Educa-
lion or from the Superintendent of High
schools and Training Schools. Arthur S.
Somers.
Miss Rodman will be tried before the
committee on high schools. '1f she Is
found guilty of this charge" said Isadore
NJ Levy, (which | very much doubt. she
may be fined or suspended for thirty days
or longer, or she may even be dismissed.
] myself regret that Miss ROdman has
descended from her mpersonal and splen-
did defence Of Mrs. Wagner 20 antagOni2e
the board by that letter Though | may
add that members of the board have used
almost the same expressions themselves,
though not for publication and not Of
course AZ subordnates of the Board Of
Education"
Miss Rodman has taught for the last
ten yelrs in the Wadleigh High School
She was married to Herman Defrem only
a little over year ago. but uses her
maiden name in her profession She
has two adopted children, Her hus-
band IS an assistant in the department
of woods and forest in the Museum Of
Natural History.
A big open meeting to discuss thu
teachcr-mothcr question will be held to
night at the Washington Irving Higl
school auditorium, DIR. Ira $. 'Wiles
John Martin and several others will speak
There appears to he "A possibility tina
the teacher-mother question may be- sooi
settled by "A higher authority than tn
! New York city Board of Education.
I despatch from Albany last night says tina
, state Commissioner OF Education JON
/ Huston Finley may override the action o
! the New York city Board OF Education oil
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THROWN BACK OVER USER
Germans Hold Only One Point on
Left Bank.
Sp.cio, cable Despatch TO THE srs,

PARIS. Nov. 1.-THE Government re-
port tonight contained an admission
that a force of Germans now holds a
short line on the left bank of the User,
but that a general effort by the Ger
mans to capture the left bank was re-
pulsed. The attack was made on
Wednesday night. The indication IS
that the attack, as a whole, failed. The
allied line made further advances at
the old centre to-day while establish
ing their hold on positions newly taken
The text Of the report, issued at 1875
+. NJ, was as follows:
on the north the enemy tried TO
debouch from DiXmude by night
attack on all our positions and was
repulsed
We have taken the off onsve
again against the enemy, who had
crossed the User, and have thrown
him back at every point except mt
one place. where he still occupies
two or three hundred meters on the
left bank.
At the centre we have gained
some ground in the region of Tracy
lie Val, northeast of the forest OF
LaiGe.
In the Argonne very serious at
lacks of the Germans have resulted
in nothing.
The report of the afternoon stated
that the battle in the north continues
To he indeclsive, with attacks by the
Germans and counter attacks by the
Allies not changing materially the bat
tie front as it has existed for several
days Near ArmenterCs the British
repulsed the Prussian Guard, In the
old centre the Allies advanced after
hand to hand fighting. At the east Of
the line there have been no important
operations, The report was issued at
=. NJ, and was as follows:
on our left wing tho fighting
stin continues with the same vo-
lence and persistence with alternate
advances and retirements without
marked importance Speaking
broadly the battle front has not
varied greatly since November 10.
In the evening of yesterday it eX-
tended along the line from Lom-
baertzyde to Nieuport; along the
canal from Newport to Ypres; in
front OF Ypres, in the region of
| Zonneke, and to the east of Ar
! mentieres,
There has been no change in The
| positions held by the British army
which repulsed the attacks of The
enemy, and particularly an offcn-
| sive movement undertaken by de-
tachments of the Prussian Guard
From the canal of La Bassee to
the River Disc there have been
| minor engagements,
In the region of thr River Aisne'
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AUTOS TABOO ON STEAMSHIPS.
Fear OF seizure by British Makes
Lines Refuse Them.

Fearing the possibility OF capture by
English cruisers patrolling the Atlantic a
majority of the steamship lines here con-
trolling the Italian trade have refused
to accept automobiles for shipment at
any price to neutral countries, according
to an announcement by officials OF the
American Express Company yesterday af-
ternoon Among those affected In this
way are the GAM Line and the American
Exporters Line.
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MRS. WAGNER
NOW INSISTS0N
GOING TOCLASS
Teacher-MOthcr to Leave
Baby for School Monday
Hopes to Save job.
MISS RODMAN IN
PERIL FOR DEFENCE

Mrs. Lora NJ. Wagner, who was sus-
pended for neglect Of duty by the Board
of Education because she was out OF
school one week while her son was
born, intends to- go back to school on
Monday and begin teaching again de-
spite her suspension.
Meantime. Miss Henrietta Rodman,
who has been championing Mrs. Wag-
ner's cause. has got into trouble with
the board cause Of a letter she wrote
to a morning paper calling the boards
policy mother batting" and will now
have to answer charges OF gross mis-
conduct and INSTRUMENTATION.
Mrs. Wagner will return to school
without fail Monday morning" said her
husband at his home in Tottenville yes
terdsy. I'VE shall fight this case
through to the end and il need be carry
1t to the courts"
"Of course, we cannot forcIbly pre-
vent Mrs. Wagner from entering the
school" said Or. Ira $. VILE yesterday,
"as it is a public institution. She can
even enter her class room as visitor,
but the principal can certainly prevent
her from teaching her classes. We
cannot think she would he so foolish as
to insist on doing this when she is al
ready suspended"
I'VE hope that Mrs. Wagner will con-
tlnue to act in "A ladylike, dgntied and
impersonal way" said Isadore NJ. Levy
"and Will, she may believe II necessary
to maintain her rights / should not ad-
wise her to do anything that Will preJu-
dice the board and especially the pub
lie toward her Whether this suspen-
| sion is right or wrong she should abide
| by it and not attempt to teach till II
| is run out.
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LONDON, Nov. 12.-lt is rumored in
shipping circles and in the insurance
market that the German cruiser Karls-
ruhe has been cornered
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LONDON, Nov. IA Geneva despatch
to the DdHy Express says the Kaiser,
fearing the confiscation OF his Achilleon
palace at Corfu II Greece joins the AL
lies has offered to sell it to a Swiss hotel
syndicate at low price.
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Special Gable Despdtch % Tnt SIN.
LONDON. Nov. 1.-THE Standard prints
a despatch from Copenhagen saying that
the Kaiser has clipped off the outstanding
ends of his mustache This, it says, rohs
him of most of his aggressive, martial APP
pearance and makes him seem even de-
pressed,
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Expects Action by Board.

at will only b. a short time any
way as, in my mind, there Is no ques-
ton that "A resolution will be adopted
by the board to deal with the teacher
mother case. think the board has
ordered her suspension merely to give
themselves time to turn around, as II
were. Just what the resolution on the
question will be | cannot say. as
have heard several discussed and diff
ferent members differ as 10 what the
period Of time for a leave OF absence
should be. An investigation Of similar
laws in other States is now being made
In Response 10 the question whether the
board was justified in suspending a
teacher when she had been absent lcss than
the ten days allowed by the laws for i'll
ness both Mr.. Maxwell and Mr., Churchill
said on Wednesday that the board was
justified IN suspendng a teacher for one
days absence II It saw fit.
"Of course" said Mr.. Levy, they can
suspend Mrs Wagner after two days alb
sencc for neglect of duty and Il she can
explain her absence satisfactorily 10 the
board ii is not neglect OF duty"
The opinion of Mayor Mitchell. ex-
pressed yesterday, Is expected TO have a
strong influence on the action of the
Board of Education. The Mayor said at
is my strong impression that the Board OF
Education will adopt some kind of policy
granting some kind of leave of absence 20
teacher mothers" This statement. to-
gether with the letter Mayor Mitchell
wrote President Churchill last Tuesday,
leaves little doubt as to Mayor Mitchels
attitude IN the "teacher-mother' ques-
tion.
Members of the board have been reso-
lutoly silent on the subject since the ex-
citing meeting OF the board on Wednes-
day.
The situation IL complicated by the fact
/ that Miss Henrietta Rodman, Mrs WaS-
/ ners moSt ardent champion, and d
/ .eaCher In The Wadleigh High School
| IL under charges of INSTRUMENTATION.
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ROBERTS GOING TO FRONT.
Veteran Is to Pay visit 10 Troops In
France.
Special cable Despatch 10 THE

LONDON, Nov. l2.-Field Marshal Earl
Roberts is going to France to visit the
commanders and the troops.
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GREEN STRIFE SCOTCH
ANDREW USHER & CO, Edinburgh,
Ask for the Black Bottle With the Green Stripe
--Adv.
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Kaiser's Army Fails. Paris
Says. in Advance From
Dixmude.
IPRES EVACUATED,
BUT QUICKLY RETAKEN
British Forces Repulse At
tack to the East of
Armentieres.
BATTLE IN NORTH
IS RAGING FIERCELY
Official Report of Germans
Says Attack on Ypres Is
Progressing.
ALLIES REPORTED
IN OSTEND AGAIN

Special Cabie Despatch 10 Tar SuS.
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 10. People
crossing the frontier report they
have seen forces of the Allies enter
Ostend.
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PLAN OF SIEGEL
DEFENCE UPSET
BY BANK CLERK
4. ". Mcdonald TcStifics
Note involved Was Not
Loan Extension.
TRAIN BLOCKS MOVE
TO SHIFT THE BLAME

GE>r-so. Nov l2-As climax of to-
DAY , session IN the trial of Henry Siegel
here on charge Of grand larceny the
main defence of the department store
prourictor who failed for millions was
Undermined. The testimony which upset
the entire plans Of Siegcls lawyers was
~. q by Archibald w. Mcdonald. dis
count clerk Of the National Bank Of
Commerce duruG the last half hour of
the udl
WIN an acumen that was sometimes
AMUSING aud always equal to the occa-
sion. Mcdonald invariably anticipated
III ssuIticance of questions on cross
examination. Instead OF weakening the
witness, Sicgcls counsel appeared to
cnhAu,. the effect Of MCDonald's testi-
mony, The defence. working on the
theory that figures may be made to
prove anything and are quite as ad-
yantlgcous to the interests of Siegel
as 90 the State. had been seeking to
convince The jury of the following state
Of affairs
The Indictment on which Siegel is bein 6
tried accuses him OF the larceny OF
$5oI05 from the National Bank OF Com
merye on June IL, 1913, when a check
wac drawn on the bank to the order OF
Austin, Nichols Il CO.. wholesale grocers
ana WAS caShed on that date. This
money was part of 100000 loan OBJ
tanned by Sicsel's Fourteenth Street
store from the National Bank of Com
mcrce on January I, 1913 in the form OF
four $4,000 notes maturing on April 20
May 1. and II, which were renewed
thereby continuing the loan transaction
Consequently there was no larceny com.
m.t'cd.
Mcdonald testified that on April 20
when the hr-t $4,000 note came due
D., VAS cancelled before the new note To-
me same amount was made out, and tn.
alN.Hs of the new note constituted an en-
'.tIy new transaction. 50 the loan wa
not continued or extended.
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sp.ciai cahi, De.pntch 10 rnr srS.

T.oNpoN, Nov l3.-The Daily Chron-
iclc's correspondent at Keeling, in the
Cocos Islands. Frederick Pollock, who
the German cruiser Emdcn by the Aus
tralian cruiser sydney last Monday
morning. sends a detailed account of the
affair under date of Thursday.
The islands are inhabited only by
Malays, except for the staff OF the East
ern Telegraph Companys cable and
wireless station on Direction Island one
Of the group, and the descendants or
June C.unies Ross, "A Scottish naval Of
ficer who settled IN the Islands and
founded line of "uncrowned kings
some ninety years ago.
Little news of the war reached the
Islands except official bulletins, which
were relayed through the cable station
Then came a rumor that the cable COM
pany was sending rifles and orders that
the beach should be patrolled to guard
try to cut the cable and destroy the
wireless station. Singapore later in
formed the islands that a German
cruiser was on the way toward them
but except for one of the cable operat'
ors seeing what he thought were search
lights at sea one night toward the enc
4 August nothing came of this report
The Emden, with four funnels-th'
fourth obviously merely a painted can
vas dummy arrived at full speed at th'
entrance of the lagoon at o'clock Mon
day morning She flew no flag, and THU
/ fact, together with the dummy funnel
aroused the suspicious Of the CABLE
staff.
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Gable Instruments Wrecked.

The cruiser Immediately lowered an
armored launch and two boats and
landed three officers and forty men,
fully armed and equipped with four
Maxim guns. The Germans rushed to
the cable station, expelled the operators,
smashed the instruments, confiscated the
weapons OF the staff and put armed
guards in all tho buildings,
In spite OF the excitement outside
work went on as usual in the cable Of
flee until the Germans rushed in, and
general call for help was sent out just
before the wireless station was blown up.
The Germans were most civil, but
put the staff under armed guards while
the instruments were destroyed. There
was no brutality or pillaglng. Mean
while the crew of the launch grappled
for the cables, but failed to cut them.
The electrical stores then were blown up,
The Emdcns siren blew at o'clock
and the Germans on shore hurried to
the boats, but the Emden started i'm
medately, leaving the boats behind.
The appearance of "A warship to the
eastward coming at full speed in pur-
suit explained the departure. This ship
turned out to be the sydney.
The Emden fired the first shot at a
range OF about 300 yards while steam
ing north at her highest speed. The
Emden's firing at first seemed excellent
and the Sydney's rather erratic. 1t was
learned afterward that the latter was
due to the fact that the Sydney's range
finder had been put out OF action by one
of the two shots the Emden got home,
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Continued on Third Page

CAAs. e. MATTHEWs-pEsKs.
Now 81 e. 2sth ST. Complete ONCE outnttsr.
--Adv,
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The Sydneys gunners soon overcame
the difficulties caused by the smashing
of the rangefinder and before long two
Of the Emdens tunnels had been shot
away. Her Iast was lost at the begin