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The citizen., 1914-11-27
GERMAN ARTILLERY RAKES YPRES;
CAR AND KAISER DEADLOCKED
An Army of 900 Russians Hats the March Of SOO 600
Teutons in Poland
BELGIAN BATTLE SHIFTS TOWARDS THE SEA COAST

Berlin.-k is admitted in Berlin
that the German armies in Poland
have not been able TO break through
the Russian defence, and advance on
Warsaw. The German Government
makes no claim TO victory and says,
in the latest statement that the issue
has not been determined. The fresh
est official statement from Perograd
claims little more. although II mad
been reported that the Germans had
been driven back near Lods and that
the German advance is definitely
checked. The immense forces Of kai-
ser and Car are in death grip all the
way from the Baltic Sea 10 the passes
of the Carpathians. with no vital ad-
vantage to either side.
Official German reports show that
the Russians are well within East
Prussia and are in far greater force
than was the case in the early part
OF September. but the Russian ad-
vance in East Prussia has a long way
to so before the Dantzig-Thorn line
is really in danger or the railroad
system affected.
At least 100000 men are fighting
in Poland, the Russians probably hay-
ing an advantage in numbers, al
though Gen. Won Hindenburg, the
German commander-in-chief has been
sending fresh troops to Poland from
Germany's seemingly inexhausnole
store. Some authorities estimate that
Russia has about 100000 soldiers in
Poland alone, while the German
strenfth is estimated at jprobably Soo..
500.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
DENIES AUSTRIAN VICTORIES.
Servian Statement Declares There
Were No Big Battles of Late.

Paris.-From Athens. the CORE
spondent Of the Hayas News Agency
transmits the following eommunica-
ton as issued at Servian Legation il
the Grecian capital:
Great Austrian victories are denied.
The Servian troops retreated from
their positions around Valjevo, which
they had defended for two months
against superior forces. Now they
hold more advantageous positions. and
they confidently await the attack OF
the enemy. The evacuation OF Val
jevo and the retreat were effected
without incident or losses. Five can
non had 70 be abandoned on the
heights. as they could not be lowered,
and they were rendered useless.
No important encounters have TAX
en- place since the order to retreat was
given: consequently great Austrian
victories are impossible"
The citizen., 1914-11-27
RUSSIANS VODKA
HABIT BAN|SHED
Miracle Wrought by Michael D.
TcheIisheff.
WHOLE COUNTRY NOW DRY
Vast Population That Consumed st..
10000, 900 Worth Of Strong Drink
Year Now Let's Not
Drop Pass Its Lips.

Petrograd, Russia.-There is prohibi.
tion in Russia today-prohibition
which means that not drop of vodka
whisky, brandy, gin or any other
strong liquor is obtainable from one
end to the other Of a territory popu.
lated by 150,000,000 people and cover,
ing one-sixth of the habitable globe.
The story of how strong drink has
been utterly banished from the Rus.
sian Empire was told by Michael
Demitrovitch Tchelisheff, the man d.
rectly responsible for putting an end
to Russia's great vice. the vodka habit,
1t should be said in the beginning
that the word prohibition in Russia
must be taken literally. Its use does
not imply a partially successful at
tempt to eurtail the consumption Of
liquor, resulting in drinking In secret
places, the abuse Of medical licenses
and general evasion and subterfuge. 1t
does mean that a vast population who
consumed $1,000, 100000 worth Of
vodka year, whose ordinary condition
Las UetH QCoCllDCO " 4NUcololS tnciH-
selves as ranging from slight degree
of stimulation upward. has been lifted
almost in one day from drunken
inertia to sobriety. The nation has
been compelled, virtually over night to
abandon its enormous daily consump-
tion Of vodka, liquor that is almost
pure alcohol, and become abstemious
to the extent Of letting no liquor pass
its lips.
On that day when the mobilization
of the Russian Army began special po-
Iicemen visited every public place
where vokda is sold, locked up the
supply Of the liquor and placed on the
shop the imperial seal. Since the
manufacture and sale Of yokda is a
government monopoly in Russia, it is
not a difficult thing to enforce prOhi
bition.
From the day this step was taken
drunkenness vanished in Russia. The
results are seen at once in the peas
antry; already they are beginning to
look like a different race.
This miracle has been virtually ac-
complIshed by one man. He is Michael
d. Tchelisheff. q peasant by birth,
originally a house painter by profes
sion. then mayor Of the city Of
Samara, and now millionaire.
The citizen., 1914-11-27

Ffve.story Brick Tenement in New
York Destroyed.

New York-Eight persons are dead.
two others were so badly burned that
they may die, and seven more. includ
ing two fire captains. were injured as
the result OF fire of suspicious origin
which virtually destroyed 9 fve-story
brick tenement-house on East Twen
ty-ninth street. AS a result of dis
closures made to the police by tenant
who has been receiving Black Hand
letters for the last year. and upon
whom demand for $1,000 was made
Friday, under threat of bodily harm,
detectives are seeking men known to
them as Black Hand leaders, whom
they suspect of responsibility for the
fire Panic which seized the tenants
when they were aroused by rescuers
ca sssed the loss of life. the police say.
as the building was amply equipped
with fre-escapes.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
LIND sLAmEs LAND QUESTION.
Says It Must Sc Settled To End War
In Mexico.

Chicsgo.-John Lind, personal repre-
sentative Of President Wilson in Mex
leo during the Huerta administration,
declared in an address here to the In.
dustrial Club that the land question
was the cause Of the revolutions in
Mexico and that lighting there would
never cease until the workers were
able to own their own farms Mr..
Lind pleaded for kindly feelings to-
ward Mexicans. asserting that Mexican
distrust of the United States was
vanishing and that thereafter the
Aexicans would be the steadfsst
friends Of the United States.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
sz.ooo.ooo WAR ORDER FOR U. $.
Foreign Governments Place Advertise
n1ent In Papers.

New York.-Agents for the British
and French Governments announced
here that they were in the market for
1.S50.00O wool sweaters, 100000 wool
stomach bands, 100000 wool gloves
and 100000 pairs of wool socks. In
order to determine where such an
enormous quantity of wooden goods
might be purchased quickly an adver-
tisement was placed in commercial
newspaper. 1t was said that the goods
were required for prompt delivery;
that orders would be given immediate
ly. and that payment would be made
in cash for goods delivered in New
York The wholesale value of the
goods wanted is more than $2.00e.000.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
OVER HALF OF
WORLD At VAR
The BeIligerents Occupy 10000,
600 Square Miles.
BILLION PERSONS INVOLVED
Vast Preponderanee OF Both Area
and Population On Side OF
Great Britain and
Allies.

London.-With the addition Of Tur-
key and Portugal to the ranks Of the
the belligerents the area of hostilities
, has been extended to approximately
5s per cent. of the land surface Of the
globe. and about Sc per cent of the
total population of the earth must be
cIassed as technically belligerent, says
the London Daily Chronicle.
In round numbers, out of total
land surface Of $1,000, 600 square miles
(excluding the uninhabitable regions
in the Arctic and Antarctic) 30,0O0,000
square miles is occupied by the IL
belligerent powers, and about 1,000,-
000,0 Of the 1900, ,000, 900 human be-
ings on earth are directly involved
in the great war.
Apportioning the area and popula-
tion between the two opposing groups,
it will be found that there is q vast
preponderance Of both on the side Of
Britain and her allies, which own 81
100000 square miles and have about
100000 people under their rule,
against the 100000 square miles and
160, 900. 900 people to the credit of Ger
many. Austria-Hungary and Turkey.
II the effected areas are analyzed
by continents it will be found that in
Europe 3.049. 900 square miles out Of a
total area of 3.s50.000 and 3so.0O0,OOO
people out Of ATS, 900. .000-or nearly 80
per cent. in both cases-are at war
In Asia the belligerent area amounts
to s,300.oo0 square miles (leaying out
of account the interior of Arabia. q
political no mans land. of about L.
100000 square miles). the total area
the continent being about 16.500.o00
square miles. Hence, over 56 per cent.
is at war. OF the population of Asia
AIS .000. 900 out of ssO. 1000. .000-say. 40is
per cent-must be classed as belliger
ent
Africa is proportionately even more
affected than Europe. About 10.500.
600 square miles out of 11,700. 900
nearly 90 per cent.-and 125, 600, 900 Of
/, the 100000 inhabitants-over 90
per cent--are at war. The only neu
tral regions are the Italian and Span
! ish colonies and the native States Of
Abyssinia and Liberia.
Curiously enough, Australasia and
Oceania. although the most remote
from the primary zone of hostilities
have the highest percentage Of bellig
erency Of any of the continental diyi
sions of the earth-over S5 per cent
in area and "a per cent. in population
South America occupies the happies
position Of all. Out Of an area of oyel
7.500.000 square miles and a popula
tion Of about 52.oo0.e00 only 12s.5Ol
square miles OF territory and 35O,OOI
human beings are subject to any o
the combatants. The percentage o
area is less than and of population
| less than /.
Thus the continent whose very nam
was formerly regarded as denoting tn,
most favorable soil on earth for tn
/ termination of wars has, strangeh
enough. the distinction of being almos
entirely at peace. while more than hal
Of the world is at war
The citizen., 1914-11-27
FRANK JAMES IS DYING.
Brother OF Notorious Jesse James
Stricken At Age OF rs.

Excelsior Springs. No. = Frank
James. one of the James brothers.
notorious as highvaymen shortly after
The Civil War. was stricken with heart
disease and was reported dying at the
James home. near here. He is IS
years old
James is one Of the last surviving
members Of the band OF robbers made
celebrated by an almost Unparalleled
career Of crime during the unsettled
period that followed the Civil War.
He has been living the life Of an
ordinary farmer for more than so
years.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
WAR WILL NOT INTERFERE.
France To Participate In the Panama
Pacific Exposition.

Bordeaux. France. = The French
Cabinet decided that, Notwithstanding
the war. France viii participate on
cially in the Panama Exposition at San
Francisco. The exhibit viii be In the
form OF reproduction of the Palace
of the Legion of Honor. In the build
ing win be installed historical objects
of art, French tapestries. furniture and
chinaware The exhibit also will in
clude examples Of contemporaneous
art and manufactures
The citizen., 1914-11-27
ARMIES DEADL0 oKED

Paris.-The onfall OF winter has
numbed the energy of Allies and Ger
mans in Belgium and northern France.
Snow is falling. Gales from the
sea have driven tidewater far inland.
widening the inundated district In
tantry operations are well-nigh i'm
possible.
Neither side can do more than ham
mer the other with big guns.
Russians Seize Passes.
In Gaiicia the Russians are going
steadily westward and at the same
time are seizing the passes Of the
Carpathians.
In the western theatre Of operations
II is officially announced that the Ger
mans were forced to abandon heavy
guns because OF the spreading waters.
Near RamScapelle the Allies sslvaged
two large mortarS which the Germans
had been unable 10 remove.
Both sides have lost artillery and
motor cars since the food changed
the character Of operations.
Bad weather has increased the eS-
hauStion Of the troops and there is
much Illness in the trenches.
The Germans have made new ef-
fort to extend the wedge they have
driven between verdun and Toul at
st. Mihiel on the Meuse.
French Advance.
The French appear TO have antici-
pated the plan TO have advanced lit
tie from the north and south of their
line. which forms three parts OF a
circle around St Mihiel.
The Germans have again taken the
Western part Of the village Of Chau-
voncourt, on the west bank Of the
Meuse
For the time being this region is a
centre OF interest. The French are
making desperate efforts TO close their
lines east Of ST. Mihiel and thereby
cut on large German force. The
Germans are trying as desperately 70
keep open the only breach they have
made in the barrier Of fortresses.
The operations 10 the north and
east are closely connected with the
lighting around ST Mihiel. The Ger
mans in the Argonne are attempting
to break the French line. which bars
their connection with the German line
on the heights OF the left bank Of
the Meuse, and three attacks deliv-
cred BY them were repulsed.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
YEAR SENTENCE FOR 10 CENTS.
violatcr OF West Virginia Prohibition
Law Is Hit Hard.

Clarksburg. W. ya.-Charles Foni,
the first man arrested for Illicit liquor
selling after West Virginia became
dry. was found guilty in the Criminal
Court here and Judge Robinson i'm
posed q sentence Of six months labor
on the county roads and fine OF 500
and costs. which win add about six
months more. Foni had sold 10 cents
worth Of liquor.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
GUARDS KILLED FOUR ALIENS.
British Fired Upon Prisoners in De-
tention Camp With Deadly Effect.

Douglas, Isle of Mantle grave
disorder which has prevailed among
the very large number OF men in the
aliens detention camp near here, re-
suited in FIVE of the inmates being
shot, four fatally. by guards. The lat
ter had been attacked during = riot.
The camp was established about
three months ago and the number OF
persons there gradually increased un-
til nearly 1000 Austrian and German
civilian prisoners were interned. They
are guarded by 800 men Of the Nation
al Reserve from Liverpool and the
Manx Territorials.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
FRANK MAY LOSE LAST HOPE.
Georgia Supreme Court Refuses Ia
Certify Writ of Error.

Atlanta. = The Georgia Supreme
Court refused TO certify write Of
error in the Frank murder case 10 the
United States Supreme Court The
only recourse now to get the case to
the highest tribunal of the nation IS
to have Supreme Court Justice Joseph
R. Lamar certify the writ
The citizen., 1914-11-27
FAMILY NEARLY wIPED oUT.
All But Wife Are Killed When = Train
Hits Their Auto.

Fort Dodge, Ia.-Five persons we're
killed and one injured when an auto
mobile in which they were riding vas
struck by Minneapolis and St Louis
north bound passenger train at Hall
gan. Il miles from here.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
THREE suRNEo TO DEATH.
Woman Loses Life Trying To Save
Her Sleeping Children.

Pittsburgh. Pairs Marcia Petro
and her daughters. Annie and Eliza
beth. were burned to death when their
home in Homestead was destroyed by
fire. Mrs. Petro, who discovered the
Ere while preparing breakfast. was
burned while trying to save her sleep
ing children An adjoining house also
vas DESTROYED.
The citizen., 1914-11-27
AUsTRIANs CAPTURE 7s
GUNS FROM sERvIANs
Cross River KuIebrs = Opponents
Falling Back Toward Belgrade.

London. - The following dispatch
was received from Berlin by the
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Gem
pany:
In the latest fighting against the
Servians the Aus;risns captured 42
guns and 81 machine guns.
After three days fighting the Aus
trians defeated the Montenegrins near
Frahovr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-03
U. s. WINS RELEASE OF
BRITISH ADMIRAL
President Wilson's Plea TO Ger
many Results in Nccld's
Freedom.

WAsHrNGToN, Dec. 2.--As result -
the personal recommendation OF President
Wilson conveyed through Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin, the German Government
has released AdmIra! Need OF the British
navy. retired. and his wife. who had been
held as alien enemies in German DE-
tention camp
Admiral Need IS a sou-iu-law of Ad-
m!ral Fisher, First Sea Lord OF She British
navy. It Was represented t. this GOV
erum,u. that the Admiral was I'm Yer,
feeble health and that h' had gone 90
Germany for treatment for his a.lmcnt
and Was uuqI. >tiputb.E ~ 40 pos .;.ou .o
render any military service t. his couu-
try. As result representations were
made through Ambassador Gerard. who IS
attending to British interests In Berlin,
and orders were given for Admiral Neeld =
release.
II was reported that Admiral ard Mrs
Need were held As military prisoners 100
retaliation for the detention IN England
OF son OF Adn "a, Won T.rpitz Of thc
German navy. who Wa. captured iu In,
engagement off tuNhaveu.
Admiral Needs wife is q daughter ~
Baron Fisher Her hru;ho. Cecil kavas-
seur-Fishrg. heir 10 che har1uy. married
Mss Jane Morgan vf Philadelphia
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-03
WAR TO LAST THREE YEARS.
Il itchener Confident OF Victory.
says Irwin =. Cobb.

An interview with Lord Kitchener
which Irwin : Cobb tolls about I'M the
current issue Of the Suf.rdoy FrcnHG
Post shows that Great Britain realizes
the ,lurml'y OF tho task that ,ulfrouts
her 10 the present war hat she will tight
To- the end and that she - confident of
victory. Lord Kitchener thinks that the
conflict will last not less than three years
and that II will cud in German defeat.
The war Will last not less than three
years" said the British Secretary for War
tn Mr. Cobb 1T will end only when
Germany is thoroughly defeated. not be-
fore-dcteated on land and sea. That
the Allies Will win is certain That for
" 10 win Will require a minimum period
Of three years ! think probable. II might
last longer---this war might II might
end sooner. II can end in only one way
THAT II will md in "a month from now
or sN weeks or a year ! do not tnlnk
,iEriy 80 To- he ou tn" SAT- side ! say
three Ntars-tt least three Years
Lord Kitchener called the German cam
pagu in the west a failure which would
increase as time PASSED. lie said the
German army OF invasion was now vast.
ing Itself
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-03
NEW HUNGARIAN LOAN.
Budapest Paper give. Details Of
War Issue.

The German press bureau In New York
gave out the following statement yester-
day:
The Tag OF Budapest prints the follow
ing details Of the Hungarian war loan
The Minister OF Finance has published
a report regarding the issue OF the adver-
t'sed war loan. 1t viii be q uou-taNdhle
, per c.uT Government bond ssue. The
subscr!Ytou price is hNea az ESQ. II
payneu, f. made IN instruments a. per
cent vii have 10 be paid within thirty
days and H., remaining 60 per cont.
within the ueNt thirty days, the suh-orip-
tiun price IN this case being 9> How
ever. neither current Interest nor COM
mission Will be charged,
The loan Is limited exclusively to
Hungary. Bosnia and Herzegovina. The
first coupon of the new loan viii he paid
on May !. 1915. The Minister Of Finance
cannot effect a conversion or repayment
before November !, 1872 The amount Of
the loan vii br fixed according to the re.
suit of N, pub 10 suhScript on The Min
ister of Finance expresses the nope that
the f,Vorlt'" condition uf this Internal
loan. the favorable condition Of tho money
market and the recognition that the
greater the participation in the suhScrip-
ton Is the more the public interest. along
with the private interest will he served
will bring about a result IN the suhso-iTi' on
that will give expression OF the economic
power of h, country
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-03
KAISER WINS STRONG
ARGONNE POSITION
Two French Officers and 300
Men Captured-8O,OOO Rus
slams Taken Since Nov. II.
CARS ADVANCE CHECKED

BERLIN. by wireless TO London, Dec T.
The capture OF a strong French position II
the Argonne Forest by Emperor William
own Regiment is announced in the offcia
communication issued to-day. Tho tex
of the communication reads:
In the western theatre OF the war
the enemy made insignificant al
vanccs. which were checked.
In the forest of Argonne strong
point Of support OF the enemy was
taken by the Wurttemberg Infantry
Regiment NO 100, his Majesty, the
Kaiser's own Regiment. on this oc-
caslon two officers and about 800 or
the enemy's troops were maze
prisoners.
There is no news from Eastern
Prussia.
In northern Poland the battles are
taking their normal course.
In southern Poland the enemys at
lacks were repulsed.
The report circulated in the foreign
press that the $4,000 prisoners taken
by us at Kutno are included in the
10000 Russian prisoners reported ny
US previously is untrue.
In the battles at Wloclawek, kutno.
LODI and Lowicz the eastern army
has taken between the lin of NoNem-
her and the LIST of December over
$4,000 unwounded Russian prisoners.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-03

land, without which IL would be mpos-
sible for them to remain there il was
evident that the Kaisers chief aim was
to keep the Russians of German soil. 1t
is obvious that he can do this more easily
with fewer troops in the west than in the
east. Herein. therefore, is the explana-
tion of the change of plans found by Rus
sian military critics, who say moreover
that such change is favorable to the
Allies.
In Poland Germany will have to con-
tend with many disadvantages. Beating
against the rock OF Russia's unnumbcred
hosts makes little impression and is also
terribly expensive. The more last weeks
fighting is explained the more appalling
the German losses appear to be. The
number of prisoners taken by the Rus
slams has not yet been published, but the
nature of wholesale captures may be
Judged from the fact that a convoy OF
prisoners passing through Kieff included
six Generals and eighteen Colonels, with
Majors and other officers Of lower rank
attached to the divisional staffs tdeleted
by the censor).
Further. If the Germans are driven back
here the Invasion Of Germany will mme-
dately follow and the road to Berlin is
neither as long nor as difficult as on the
west. Even when the Germans are driven
out Of Belgium they can offer protracted
rtslStd1Ct dlOllk Inv anu dloiit pNhN'
heavily fortified fronts The immediate
object of the Germans Is TO straighten
their line which has been bent by events
unfavorable to them, and still exposes
certain OF their forces to the danger OF
attack from two sides.
II Is generally assumed that they are
still intent on holding the front at Plock
or thereabout and as far south as possible
in the direction OF CZenstachova. but
the vigorous attacks they are making to-
ward Lowiscz and petrokow seem to sug-
gest that they are anxious to push their
line nearer Warsaw.
Plock now seems securely held by the
Russians at the north. A large army not
far away is operating in East Prussia
along the banks of the Nistula. The
fortress of Novo Georgievsk could send
aid II necessary. The Germans can at
tack only frontally from across the river.
which would be desperate venture.
They have already found the river too
wide for their convenience.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-03
RUMANIA TO JOIN ALLIES.
Date Is Only Point Unsettled, says
Ex-Premicr.

LONDON. Dec. 2.-Thc Morning Post
prints the following telegram sent by Take
Jouesco, former Premier OF Rumania, to
Gustav Recs, a personal friend here
Some days ago | gave telegram con-
talning my views TO the NoUoc Vremyd
OF Petrograd. J imagine the telegram was
correctly published
BE certain that Rumania will join the
Entente, the only matter still under dts
cusslon being the precise date OF the
event
Ou November ~ Victor Jonesco, sec
rotary Of the l,umduian Legation at Paris,
and nephew ~ rake Jonesco. made the
following statement.
The only difference OF opinion are
those concerning the exact moment OF
Intervention, Those who favor immediate
action on the part OF Rumania desire 10
zee a Serb Bulgarian ana "a Greek Bull
EarRu agreement effected and should
these arrangements be reached by the ef-
forts OF England and Russia, Bulgarian
Rumanau understanding would be facil-
itatcd