The Arvada enterprise., 1914-10-15

calculated that almost ! miuion more
persons have fed into Central, West
ern and Southern France from the
north and northeast OF France and
from Belgium.
All OF these are destitute in the lit.
eral sense Of the word-without
money. without clothes Except such
as they are wearing). without homes
or belongings OF any kinG. They are
beset by hunger and disease, and their
sufferings have been such that their
spirits are broken, and it is impossible
to expect them to do useful work that
will compensate for the cost of feed
ing and housing them.
Eastern Battle Line Long.
The big battle line between the com.
bined Austro-German armies and the
legions of Russia extends from the
Galician frontier, near Tarnow, north
to the East Prussan border. Another
Russian force is besieging Przemyslr
In Galicia, and still another is invad.
ing Hungary. On the East Prussian
frontier the fighting appears to have
come to standstill for the present
The Russians have driven the Ger.
mans back. after their advance to the
Niemen river, found, on getting to the
German border. that re-enforcements
had been brought from koenigsbere
and their further progress was arrest
ed. The Germans, in fact, claim tc
have defeated the Russians near Su.
walki. and to have taken 200 prison
ers and nine machine guns.
Fighting on a larger scale soon VIII
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-Hungarian empire.
Japs Dominate Using Tau.
Peking.-The Japanese have mount
ed siege guns on Prince Henry noun
tain, which entirely dominates al
three of the Using Tau forts. accord
ing to advices reaching Picking. These
forts are named Bismarck, Moltke an6
Hts and are three or four miles
from the mountain. The attack on
Using Tau may begin any day. Prior
to 1t a demand for surrender will b.
made.
British Submarine at Work.
London.-Submarin E-9 of the Brit
ish navy under command of Lieuten
ant Commander Max X. Horton made
another raid into German waters o1
the mouth OF the River Ems and sue
ceeded in sinking German torpedo
boat destroyer.
Two Warships Sunk.
A dispatch from Rome says that
the Anglo-Fench fleet off Ragusa
Dalmatia, sunk two Austrian torpedo
boats, one of which was escorting q
steamship laden with munitions OF
wGr. Their crews were saved. a
torpedo boat destroyer was injured
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